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- Tom Peters { Excellent review of the nascent D(P)LA e-resource. I agree with all your major points. Tis a pity that the usual suspects (Twain, Fitzgerald, Cather, et... } – Apr 19, 11:28 AM
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- A National Digital Library Endowment { [...] An interesting concept from blogger David Rothman, founder of TeleRead. He suggests that those who have signed The Giving Pledge (though he doesn’t mention... }
- David Rothman { Hi, Robert. Some quick replies… 1. I envision a variety of business models in use, but if nothing else, libraries could buy multiple e-copies (or... } – Feb 20, 2:05 PM
- Robert Nagle { Generally, a great proposal, but here are some practical issues which pop up in my mind. First, if everything is centralized, when I put a... } – Feb 20, 12:56 PM
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DPLA, beware! Cover your flank in Washington, D.C.—against threats to open educational resources and other unencumbered content
The Digital Public Library of America is wisely talking about the use of open, unencumbered content, a wonderful model for schools at all academic levels. Isn’t education about shared knowledge? I doubt publishers would let the works of Saul Bellow or Toni Morrison be freely spread online. But for more mundane content, why not? Especially [...]
Hacking a secretive ‘public’ library group: Let’s ask DPLA steering committee members how they voted—and about open meetings vs. a Porcellian Club approach
Update, Oct. 20, 2012: I’m pleased to report that the DPLA is now far more open than before, especially in regard to remote participation. Should the Harvard-hosted Digital “Public” Library of America drop the “P” word from its name? COSLA, short for the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, fears that this branding competition could [...]
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Also tagged American libraries, Berkman Center, Deanna Marcum, Digital Public Library of America, DPLA, e-books, ebooks, elitist, Harvard, Harvard University, John Palfrey, librarians, librarianship, library of congress, national digital libraries, oligarchies, public librarians, public libraries, Steering Committee
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Flaws of Harvard-hosted Digital ‘Public’ Library of America: Too secretive, too oligarchical and not responsive enough to U.S. library needs—especially for modern e-books
Update, Oct. 20, 2012: The DPLA is now much more open than in the past, and I can now strongly recommend the group to prospective funders. A fashionable line in the media these days is, “Elections have consequences.” So does governance, whether of the local Rotary Club, the United States of America, or a Harvard-hosted group [...]
Don’t let public libraries fade away, Mike—especially the neighborhood branches: That would hurt your publisher clients, not just society in general
Mike Shatzkin, the New York-based publishing guru with the guts to write on the Web what his clients may only whisper, annoyed some public-library boosters with his prediction that publibs would more or less die in the next 15 or so years. I like Mike and want him to speak his mind even when we [...]
Getting free e-books from the library is overrated, says e-book blogger—and tells why he feels that way
How much will a well-stocked national digital library system cost? We cannot consider that question without understanding how library patrons currently use e-books, and what they like and dislike. Nathan Groezinger of The eBook Reader blog shares his thoughts below as a user. One of the biggest draws and selling points of Adobe DRM-supporting e-readers, [...]
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Books vs. movies and other streamed media: Which should be first priority at Library of Congress?
With so many local libraries facing cutbacks, the case for a well-stocked national digital library system grows stronger each day. At TheAtlantic.com I’ve written of the possibility of a decentralized public library system existing within the Library of Congress but run by librarians in many cities, so that Washington does not dictate to America what [...]