Comments on: This Brainstorm Could Be Good For You http://acrlog.org/2007/12/17/this-brainstorm-could-be-good-for-you/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kindle Is A Failed Concept Says Jobs http://acrlog.org/2007/12/17/this-brainstorm-could-be-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-61092 Kindle Is A Failed Concept Says Jobs Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:36:45 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/12/17/this-brainstorm-could-be-good-for-you/#comment-61092 [...] the ultimate fate of books and reading will depend to some degree on academic librarians and things we might be able to do, perhaps working collaboratively with faculty, to encourage more reading and develop lifelong [...] [...] the ultimate fate of books and reading will depend to some degree on academic librarians and things we might be able to do, perhaps working collaboratively with faculty, to encourage more reading and develop lifelong [...]

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2007/12/17/this-brainstorm-could-be-good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-53441 Barbara Fister Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:51:35 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/12/17/this-brainstorm-could-be-good-for-you/#comment-53441 Or you <a href="http://acrlblog.org/2007/11/19/kindling-debate/" rel="nofollow">could read ACRLog</a> :o) I commented on what I saw as drawbacks to that report earlier here, and Mark and I went around a bit at the <a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/footnoted/?id=1064" rel="nofollow">Wired Campus</a> on the issue. By the way, he has <a href="http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i17/17b00601.htm" rel="nofollow">a really interesting piece</a> on what it costs in permissions to rescue important essays from trade publishers - Harcourt, in particular, would not budge on the cost of a permission for an important but little-known essay originally published decades ago. By big business standards, 2K is not a lot - but for a UP to collect several essays for a smallish audience it's prohibitive, but rather than negotiate they just slammed the door (or rather, the paralegal writing the letters did). Keep it out of circulation rather than drop the permission cost a little, that's the spirit. Or you could read ACRLog :o ) I commented on what I saw as drawbacks to that report earlier here, and Mark and I went around a bit at the Wired Campus on the issue.

By the way, he has a really interesting piece on what it costs in permissions to rescue important essays from trade publishers – Harcourt, in particular, would not budge on the cost of a permission for an important but little-known essay originally published decades ago. By big business standards, 2K is not a lot – but for a UP to collect several essays for a smallish audience it’s prohibitive, but rather than negotiate they just slammed the door (or rather, the paralegal writing the letters did). Keep it out of circulation rather than drop the permission cost a little, that’s the spirit.

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