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- Amazon’s book city #1, Alexandria, VA, may cut library hours: Time for a digital-era national endowment to help ease U.S. libraries’ financial woes? | The Travelin' Librarian { [...] Read the full article @ LibraryCity.org. [...] }
- Promising DPLA debut—but please don’t confuse special-collection items, exhibits and APIs with a full-fledged ‘public library’ demo | The Travelin' Librarian { [...] Read the full article @ librarycity.org. [...] }
- 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
- Online la Digital Public Library of America, che vuole superare Google e Wikipedia | Tropico del Libro { [...] di questo ambizioso progetto. Non sono mancate, in questo senso, le polemiche di chi ha vivamente esortato i creatori della DPLA a preoccuparsi anche... }
- David Rothman { Thanks for such a prompt and classy reply, Dan---you're indeed giving #dpla its due! I truly truly hope that the DPLA succeeds, and meanwhile the... } – Mar 31, 11:58 AM
- Dan Cohen { Thanks for the great and helpful post, David. To be clear on #2, I'm very interested (as I know others are within DPLA) and plan... } – Mar 31, 10:40 AM
- David Rothman { Hi, Don. Nice to see such enthusiasm from a veteran school librarian. I appreciate your thoughtfulness, agree with your priorities, and will have more to... } – Mar 26, 4:57 AM
- Don Smith { If I might, I would like to propose a statement of purpose for the National Digital Library. Often times during my forty year career as... } – Mar 25, 8:54 PM
- David Rothman { Hey, Ralph, here's a belated but heartfelt reply to one of your points. Around here we love both libraries and librarians and are interested in... } – Mar 13, 9:58 AM
- Some news from LibraryLand | not so quiet { [...] this opinion piece, David Rothman makes a case for folks in the Warren Buffet and Bill Gates income bracket to support [...] }
- Bibliotecas públicas sin libros en EE.UU. ¿A la de tres? | Bibliotecas 2029 { [...] comunicada, tuvo una contestación pública demoledora. No sólo los profesionales de todo el país se escandalizaron por este proyecto sino que los propios usuarios... }
- 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
- ATG Article of the Week: Need Library E-Books to Feed Your New Gadget? Here’s the Answer | Against-the-Grain.com { [...] Need Library E-Books to Feed Your New Gadget? Here’s the Answer, is an thought provoking article by David Rothman posted in TeleRead a few... }
- Reading about eReading this week 2/18/2013 « Allegany County Library System Director's Notes { [...] A national digital library endowment: How America’s billionaires could be modern Carnegies for rea... [...] }
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- David Rothman { You're welcome, Anthony. Keep us posted if you can Amy-ize your new Fire without installing a full-strength version of Android. David } – Jan 19, 5:46 PM
- Anthony { Thanks Dave! } – Jan 19, 4:47 PM
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OverDrive buys Booki.sh cloud service: A test drive of the app from a library patron’s perspective
OverDrive has bought a cloud-based e-book service, Booki.sh—increasing the U.S. e-book distribution company‘s fitness as a potential acquisition by America’s libraries. The Booki.sh buy demonstrates OverDrive’s willingness to upgrade its technology and comes just days after the corporation’s Harry Potter deal. Booki.sh is in Melbourne and is or was Australian owned, further strengthening OverDrive’s international ties, [...]
DPLA now considering separate academic and public library systems, and meanwhile the first Beta Sprint deadline is nearing—June 15
An earlier post served up a little tough-love for the Digital Public Library of America. I badly want the DPLA to succeed, but its people need to cut out the library-unity rhetoric and work toward intertwined but separate public and academic systems. My post was pessimistic about such miracles unfolding in a reasonable time. No [...]
E-book legal hassles for Kansas librarians: A big reason I’m rooting for the Harvard-hosted national digital library initiative to succeed
Shy away from criticism of the Harvard-hosted Digital Public Library of America initiative? Never when it’s merited. Since the early 1990s, I’ve been pushing for a well-stocked national digital library system, and I want the system to shine in every way, no matter who stars in its creation—Harvard or Sloppy Joe’s. In Harvard’s case, I [...]
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U.K.’s planned library closings show risk of NOT digitizing U.S. libraries
Hundreds of U.K. libraries may be closed, and the real villains are tightwad politicians. But smart planning by librarians in Great Britain, the U.S. and elsewhere can reduce the risks—through digitization efforts that reflect genuine local needs. Local librarians could not only help develop local content but also adapt materials from a national digital library [...]
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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Digital library race: Education, ‘October Sky,’ and the Sputnik factor
Digital library race ahead? On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik—setting off the space race. Most of the action, though, happened back on Planet Earth. American scientists and politicians saw Russia’s triumph as a sign of a less-than-perfect educational system in the U.S. Why weren’t we first? The movie October Sky, although filmed decades [...]