librarian.net » oca http://www.librarian.net putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:37:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web, really? http://www.librarian.net/stax/2175/libraries-shun-deals-to-place-books-on-web-really/ http://www.librarian.net/stax/2175/libraries-shun-deals-to-place-books-on-web-really/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:39:20 +0000 jessamyn http://www.librarian.net/stax/2175/libraries-shun-deals-to-place-books-on-web-really/ Quick quiz: when you read a headline like the one in the New York Times today Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web do you think that the libraries involved are

a) sticking up for free access to information
b) prohibiting free access to information

Now read the article and tell me if you feel the same way. The article was also published in the International Herald Tribune with the title Research libraries close their books to Google and Microsoft which was where I read it at FreeGovInfo yesterday.

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