"...LC is quietly mulling over *big* cuts in traditional tech services."
Let me stir up the pot a little bit. Why are big cuts at LC such a bad
thing? The Library of Congress is Congress's library before it's our
national library. If LC's management is steering the ship a different
direction that may because they have other problems to solve. Congress
is absolutely free, at any time, and for any reason or none, to change
the purpose and direction of its library. Indeed, the governing and
funding bodies behind the libraries where we work are free to do the
same thing.
Putting this another way, is the Library of Congress the only way to
provide and use the services the Library of Congress currently provides
to the library community? One could productively ask and hopefully
answer the same question about ALA and the like.
M. Andrews
Received on Wed May 23 2007 - 07:49:47 EDT