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Library Journal staffer and publishing gurus aid the cause of two well-stocked national digital library systems—whether or not that’s their intent

Library Journal’s Heather McCormack and book industry guru Brian O’Leary may or may not want two well-stocked national digital library systems for the U.S. I don’t know. A second publishing maven, Mike Shatzkin, has been skeptical about the basic national digital library idea. But accidentally or not, all three have recently buttressed the case, especially [...]

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DPLA still clinging to ‘Public’ in name—despite risks to the franchise and branding of America’s public libraries

When is a library truly “public” in the traditional American sense, the one on which thousands of genuinely public libraries have built their branding? Should the Digital Public Library of America protect public libraries’ franchise and branding by dropping the “Public” from the DPLA’s name? Most emphatically. And along the way, the DPLA should reorganize [...]

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