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

[B.G. Sloan]

>From what I understand, if you want "excellent access" (i.e., more than one workstation per library) you'll have to pay for it via subscription.

Bernie Sloan

--- On Thu, 9/24/09, Ms Norma Jean Hewlett <hewlett at usfca.edu> wrote:

> From: Ms Norma Jean Hewlett <hewlett at usfca.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Librarians, administrators, and Google's "library"
> To: "Christine Peterson" <peterson at amigos.org>
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 5:06 PM
> "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 
> >
> Swift<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jonathan_swift.html>-
> "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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