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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:15:15 -0500

The discussions about e-books in libraries are ramping up and up,
becoming a metaphor for the future of libraries themselves.  Among a
slew of conversations on this topic, we happened upon last month's
insightful posting by Peter Brantley in PW.  Here is a useful
description of the problem/challenge and some early ideas for
approaches.

http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/?p=8572

Have a look -- is this an issue for academic libraries?  public
libraries mainly?  If libraries and publishers together can't make
headway in this problem space, will libraries and services flounder?
Or will publishers, without libraries as their gateway, struggle?  Or
....

Happy New Year!
Ann Okerson