http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/03/05/libraries-a-tipping-point-in-commercial-online/ by Stephen E. Arnold Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/03/05/libraries-a-tipping-point-in-commercial-online/comment-page-1/#comment-45625 Usage Up, Budgets Down « Answer Maven Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:56:54 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=5061#comment-45625 [...] that offer a wealth of electronic information.  Stephen Arnold provides a really insightful commentary on this [...] [...] that offer a wealth of electronic information.  Stephen Arnold provides a really insightful commentary on this [...]

]]> http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/03/05/libraries-a-tipping-point-in-commercial-online/comment-page-1/#comment-43539 sperky undernet Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:20:35 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=5061#comment-43539 Robert Darnton in "Google & the Future of Books" February 12, 2009 in the New York review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22281 - makes a compelling argument for public participation in the legal issues involved in the digitalization or imaging of library resources in order to keep the future product democratized for the use of all library patrons. According to Darnton, the public missed the boat in the class action Google Book Rights Registry settlement. Why? Because commercial interest has won the day and the public's interest plays no part. The ramification? Google or any of its services, for instance Google Books, can change overnight and become monetized and then some - until it costs as much or even more than the present traditional commercial services serving libraries. Robert Darnton in “Google & the Future of Books” February 12, 2009 in the New York review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22281 – makes a compelling argument for public participation in the legal issues involved in the digitalization or imaging of library resources in order to keep the future product democratized for the use of all library patrons. According to Darnton, the public missed the boat in the class action Google Book Rights Registry settlement. Why? Because commercial interest has won the day and the public’s interest plays no part. The ramification?
Google or any of its services, for instance Google Books, can change overnight and become monetized and then some – until it costs as much or even more than the present traditional commercial services serving libraries.

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