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By Michael Levine-Clark One of the things that I love about being a librarian is that as a profession, we work together to share ideas and resources. Perhaps the most remarkable example of this collaborative spirit is interlibrary loan (ILL). We send each other books, DVDs, CDs, articles — whatever we can reasonably share. And we do this at considerable expense to our own institutions because we see a mutual benefit.
Epic rant about ownership v. leasing, DRM, and core library values.
Links to a good intro to DRM "tip sheet."
So here's the deal: we started out with First Sale, Fair Use, and patron confidentiality. First Sale came with ownership: you pay for it, yo...
Digital-book publishers and retailers now know more about their readers than ever before. How that's changing the experience of reading.
Research foresees demand-driven book acquisition replacing librarians' discretion | Inside Higher Ed
How could the rise of patron-driven acquisition at academic libraries affect the university presses that rely on librarians to buy unpopular monographs?
Update, July/August 2012: Much has changed since the original post. Monique Sendze, who led the Douglas County (Colorado) Libraries technology initiative under Librarian Jamie LaRue, is now working…
Library Journal and School Library Journal present an ongoing series that takes an indepth look at some of the ebook platforms that are now in the marketplace.
STUPID REFORMATTING TRICKS.
This is a guest post from Iris Febres, a graduate student in electronic publishing at Emerson College. It is based on a PowerPoint presentation she did in her class that was also a Tweetsentation d…
An article from PW Newsline sparked all sorts of thoughts in our little brain. Maybe it’s because we do love to discuss contractual stuff (no really, we do; it’s like a fetish without encountering actual leather). Or maybe it’s because we cannot read anything without putting our own unique spin on the subject. Please stop […]