Libraries, e-books and brain-dead ‘protection’
Details from J-Walk Blog via LibrarianInBlack.net. Read both the J-Walk post and readers' angry comments on heavy-handed "protection" schemes.
Chatcast tomorrow on Norwood, by Charles Portis
Details here, from Tom Peters. Begins 2 p.m. EST Tuesday.
'Internet Archive book scanning to be publicly funded'—now that Microsoft is halting digi effort
Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive is excited about the XO-1 as a book reading machine (video).
But what will people read on it and successors?
Could the archive get a massive amount...
‘Libraries Say Yes, Officials Do Quiz Them About Users’
Details via the New York Times. Now consider the fact that Google could actually worsen the Big Bro problem. Oh, and this is just the beginning. What if Washington. snoops in...
OverDrive Posts Public Comment Apparently in Response to Friday’s Librarian in Black Post
A post by Karen Estrovich, manager of collection development for OverDrive, was just made available on their Digital Library Blog.
This new OverDrive post does not mention or link to what was VERY likely...
Roots of the mystery: Among forthcoming chatcasts
OPAL will hold the mystery discussion on September 21 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. "This program will explore the roots of the mystery novel, with emphasis on the free, downloadable e-mysteries...
Next-gen digital library round-up in Campus Technology
Here, from Campus Technology, via ResourceShelf and LIS News. From ResourceShelf:
As digital repositories continue to evolve, keep your eye on these projects. Projects and companies mentioned include:
+ Projects at Goshen College,...
‘Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies’
Details from Information Today and discussions elsewhere. Buried amid the usual discussion of copyright is the following:
Robert J. Murphy, senior public relations specialist at OCLC, explains how OCLC plans to assist...
Please–books before computers!
Memo to the D.C. schools: If you're gonna get in computers, don't forget to keep books and librarians around. Yes, most of the books can be electronic in time. The librarians...
Ten ‘musts’ for an e-library ecosystem—to fight off bullying by content-providers and respect traditional...
Libraries will lose out to profit-crazed publishers and other content-providers unless they can offer something back—beyond their current audiences. Penguin‘s refusal to provide new audiobooks to libraries is just part of an...
AMAZON
A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
