eBook and Stephen King's new novel

[Leo Robert Klein]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, "S. Michael Kim":

>I am very curious about the consequences.
>What if patrons wanted the item? There might be no alternative format of 
>the 'work' other
>than eBook format....at least for a while. I am wondering if there is any
>library which manages eBook-based collection serving to patrons. If that's
>the case, I would like to know how the library handle the collection.
>I think there should be acquisition, cataloging, and circulation aspects
>involved.
>Also, there will be concerns regarding choice of medium, such as PC format,
>proprietary eBook device format,etc. It would be nice to have variety of 
>opinions
>from different areas.

You've brought up an extremely hot issue which libraries are just starting
to grapple with--literally just starting to grapple with since the
terms--or at least some of them--are just being worked out by the U.S.
Copyright Office.

You can find more information at 
	http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/anticirc.html
	http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/

For ALA's comments, see:
	http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/162.pdf

The links came from a NINCH announcement.  If anyone wants the complete
announcement go to:
	http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/2000/0016.html

LEO

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