I do ILL borrowing, using OCLC/FirstSearch, for the public library in
a very upscale suburb of NYC. This is a statistically insignificant
factoid, I realize, but twice in the past 3 months I've located an
absolutely free, full text copy of a book that a patron has requested.
Both times they turned it down in favor of a hardcopy.
Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
Speaker-to-Computers
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Alexander Johannesen
<alexander.johannesen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> There are many factors, including that the libraries are the only
> place where certain electronic materials are accessible. I remember a
> few years ago, the biggest problem with electronic resources wasn't
> the technology, it was availability, and the subscription owners were
> *very* jumpy about stats proving the uniqueness of where the resource
> was accessed, how, when, and so on.
Received on Tue May 05 2009 - 19:17:59 EDT