Regarding e-books 'remotely' one assumes they mean you can't charge for people using them at home rather than on site from PN or other terminals but seems a bit daft to word it that way. Very few e-books would be much use if you could only use them within the library that owned them.
best wishes
Gaby Koenig
Slough Library
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From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [] On Behalf Of Ken Chad [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 March 2010 11:16
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Subject: Re: Modernisation of Public Libraries Review
A few things that struck me (mostly thinking about tech related issues) in the Modernisation Review were:-
(1) A statutory ban on libraries charging for ebooks including remotely (‘including remotely? --What does that mean exactly?)
(2) A promise to provide any book in the national book collection (including e-books?)
(3) A national catalogue
---All in the government’s policy statement. If you put these together it makes for some interesting and exciting scenarios. Lots of opportunity for public libraries it seems to me...and... responding in part to Alan's point on appendix C--
opportunity for 'entrepreneurship and creativity'.
It’s going to be hard to pin down an e-book. Digital content is slippery stuff. And the technology of e-books is at such an early stage--we've barely seen any of the potential realised yet. Any definition is going to be like stone age man defining a boat on the basis of a hollowed out log.
BTW: The Local Government Library technology Wiki (LGLibTech) has some content relevant to the policy statement and links to useful resources—including the policy statement itself of course-- responses to the original consultation (from CILIP, SCL and UKLON for example) and a couple of recent Guardian articles
http://lglibtech.wikispaces.com/The+Modernisation+Review+of+Public+Libraries
Feel free to add to the wiki your own content, links, discussion etc...
Ken
Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
Tel +44 (0)7788 727 845. Email: [log in to unmask] www.kenchadconsulting.com
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From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Wylie
Sent: 23 March 2010 10:30
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Subject: Modernisation of Public Libraries Review
Can anyone explain to me what 'Entrepreneurship' and 'Relationship Management' mean in the context of 'A modernised Public Library Workforce' as outlined in Appendix C of the recently published Libraries Modernisation Review?
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