[WEB4LIB] Re: Google Print as the library's mission

[Sloan, Bernie]

"Guaranteed longevity"? Do any of our services really have guaranteed
longevity?

You said "Google ultimately provides a service only as long as their
investors can be convinced that it's in their interest." Isn't that the
case with any of the commercial services libraries offer to their users?

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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Google Print as the library's mission

Karen Coyle wrote:
> ...if it's a library service then I
> would want it to be bound by the same rules as other library services,
> in terms of accessibility, privacy, and other service values.

And guaranteed longevity.  Google ultimately provides a service only as 
long as their investors can be convinced that it's in their interest. 
Get your users hooked on it today, and there's no solid promise that it 
will be there tomorrow.


-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu