[WEB4LIB] RE: Books on Demand

[Blake Carver]

I would guess you are reffering to Patricia Schroeder and the APA.

In the Washington Post she said:
"We," says Schroeder, "have a very serious issue with librarians."
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36584-2001Feb7.html

We also ran an interview with her back in Feb on this.
http://lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20010213190301

She said technology would have a devastating effect on intellectual property
and  our economy if used the way many librarians advocate.

-- 
Blake Carver
LISNews.com
Library and Information Science News
http://www.lisnews.com

> From: Daniel Messer <dmesser at yvrls.lib.wa.us>
> Reply-To: dmesser at yvrls.lib.wa.us
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:11:12 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Books on Demand

> 
> To be honest, I think that libraries ARE being cut out of the loop. There's a
> big time
> publisher, and for the life of me I can't remember her name, going after
> libraries much
> the same way that the RIAA is going after Napster-like programmes. Her
> reasoning is the
> same: "Why would anyone want to buy a book when they can get it for free at
> their local
> library?" Personally, I think she's a whacko, but the problem is that she's a
> whacko with
> money, power, and influence.
> Now is really a dark time for the public libraries as they are being assaulted
> on all
> fronts by big business, politicians, and morons on religious crusades to save
> us all from
> the dangers of pornography on the internet. I don't think the publishers are
> going to be
> too happy with a library having any kind of print on demand service, even if
> they're
> getting the proper royalties and other money for the books printed up. After
> all, if a B&N
> printed up a book, they'd charge the price for the book and the publisher gets
> their
> money. If a library does a print on demand, chances are it's going to be for a
> large
> number of people.