On Tue, 2006-13-06 at 21:45 +0100, James Cummings wrote:
> Roger Pearse wrote:
> Of course not, libraries are generally known for under-paying a lot of
> their staff. There are certain institutions who also charge
> exorbitant amounts for their digital images (and where the quality
> isn't necessarily worth the amount paid). I mention no names. It is
> because of these amounts being charged that I don't think the
> libraries would agree to people just sharing images that they have
> made. Equally, that they'd prefer to have control over this as a
> chargeable revenue stream. Making them free, available and easily
> accessed by scholars is not in the libraries best (financial) interests.
>
> Needless to say, I wish this wasn't the case.
This is entirely my fear.
-d
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