If you haven't been keeping track of what's big in libraryland this week, I am right there with you. It wasn't until today that I found out about the changes coming to Overdrive in the coming months regarding ebook uses and the power of the publisher to exact dirty capitalist revenge on libraries.The situation: HarperCollins has decided it is going to renegotiate the terms of its agreement with all ebook lenders (Overdrive and others) so that after so many checkout by patrons, an ebook may no longer be lent out. It will have to be repurchased. Essentially, libraries won't be in control of the conten they purchase.
[Insert angry tirade of your choice]
Now, while this is something is happening in the upcoming, I dont' think anyone can really be sure if it will last. With the ebook market getting bigger every day, it might be smart for some publishers to keep the old agreement, and thus get some business from libraries and econtent lenders.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Updates and such
Well,
It's been a long time and that's terrible of me. I have many things to put up as far as papers and thoughts go from my final semester of library school. Oh yeah...did I mention I graduated from library school? AND got a job? You didn't expect that did ya? Yeah....neither did I.
As far as this blog goes, I have some updating to do. Then I'll have to think about whether to keep it going as something else, let it go because all good things must go, or a third option I haven't thought of yet.
Input? Would you still read this if it were a blog about being a librarian? Or perhaps about the trials of a public service librarian doing technical services? It would be like a computer programmer doing computer sales. Fish. Out. Of. Water.
Think about it. I will too.
Jake
It's been a long time and that's terrible of me. I have many things to put up as far as papers and thoughts go from my final semester of library school. Oh yeah...did I mention I graduated from library school? AND got a job? You didn't expect that did ya? Yeah....neither did I.
As far as this blog goes, I have some updating to do. Then I'll have to think about whether to keep it going as something else, let it go because all good things must go, or a third option I haven't thought of yet.
Input? Would you still read this if it were a blog about being a librarian? Or perhaps about the trials of a public service librarian doing technical services? It would be like a computer programmer doing computer sales. Fish. Out. Of. Water.
Think about it. I will too.
Jake
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