Libraries to Let People Check Out Digital Versions of Shelved Book Collections

From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:28:23 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 
From the Wall Street Journal:
 
"Starting Tuesday, a group of libraries led by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, are joining forces to create a one-stop website for checking out e-books...Only one person at a time will be allowed to check out a digital copy of an in-copyright book for two weeks. While on loan, the physical copy of the book won't be loaned, due to copyright restrictions."
 
Full text: http://bit.ly/ckog5h
 
Bernie Sloan


      
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