[Web4lib] Librarians, administrators, and Google's "library"

[Ms Norma Jean Hewlett]

"None" should not be an option at all - part of the settlement should
require excellent access for public libraries, if not all libraries.
Jean Hewlett
University of San Francisco


All opinions in this message are my own and do not represent my employers.

----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Peterson <peterson at amigos.org>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:58 pm
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Librarians, administrators, and Google's "library"
To: Michael <drweb at san.rr.com>, Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com>
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org

> I attended a webinar last week with a Google representative 
> discussing the proposal.  When I asked if they had considered 
> increasing the amount of access for libraries, or looking at using 
> another formula, the answer was no -- it seemed to him that one 
> workstation was better than none.
> 
> Christine Peterson 
> Continuing Education Librarian 
> Amigos Library Services 
> www.amigos.org <http://www.amigos.org/>  
> peterson at amigos.org
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Michael
> Sent: Thu 9/24/2009 2:47 PM
> To: Brian Gray
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Librarians, administrators, and Google's 
> "library"
> 
> 
> Good one, Brian..
> 
> I might add that the issue I have with the proposed (under review) 
> proposalis access in libraries is magically somehow slotted as 1 
> computer per
> library. That's laughable, of course.
> 
> Like most of our services, maybe they could give them to us based on
> population served formula, FTE, or some other criteria.
> 
> I see no good reason we shouldn't be able to serve patrons at 
> home/remotelyfor the library "version" of Google Books either; we 
> probably could
> authenticate access is "legitimate," just like we do now via 
> library card
> and PINs.
> 
> My $.02...
> 
> Best,
> DrWeb
> 
> Michael aka DrWeb
> drweb2 at gmail.com
> Jonathan 
>
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"May you live every day of your life."
> 
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > That question is no different than the variation we get know for 
> journals> when they say "everything is on the web already" or for 
> purchases through
> > our state consortium OhioLINK.
> >
> > Brian Gray
> > mindspiral at gmail.com
> > bcg8 at case.edu
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:>
> > >
> > > I'm interested in seeing what happens once the Google "library" is
> > > available via subscription. I can see some non-librarian 
> administrators> > thinking "Why do we need to spend so much to buy 
> library books when we
> > have
> > > millions of them available through Google?"
> > >
> > > Has anyone been thinking about how they might answer that 
> question in a
> > way
> > > that makes sense to non-librarian administrators higher up on the
> > > administrative food chain?
> > >
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