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Vanishing Librarians

From Library Journal: Blatant Berry: The Vanishing Librarians

Our catalogers began to disappear with the takeover of that function by OCLC, the nonprofit that aspires to be a corporation in this brave new retail library world. The standardized result of the effort is bypassed by patron and librarian alike, as they turn to the more friendly [...]


Kindle and Libraries

A nice discussion about the Kindle and loaning in libraries over at Tinfoil+Raccoon. There’s some debate and confusion on what the TOC means:

When I asked for a definite answer, he verified that libraries who loaned the Kindle were violating the ToS.

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We have reviewed through our Terms and Conditions regarding this matter and the Amazon Kindle. [...]