I find the subtleties in this last sentence particularly telling in a time when library budgets are being slashed markedly: "As always, OCLC’s public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing the **rate of rise** of library costs remain paramount." (emphasis mine) Not reducing costs outright? Hmm. MJ On 2010-08-05, at 3:49 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote: > http://bit.ly/9JnIAi > > Bernie Sloan > > >Received on Thu Aug 05 2010 - 16:01:08 EDT