Unlike
traditional library models, you'll get paid when a library patron checks out your book instead of charging the library up front.
Not exact matches
Reagents: antibodies, plasmids, cell lines, RNA
libraries, and more Organisms and viruses:
model organisms of disease, mouse
models, and more Biological specimens Software Protocols Core laboratories eagle - i is different from
traditional web publications that list resources (websites, journals, etc.) because the tool allows researchers to: Share resources
I agree that the
model they have with services like Overdrive is somewhat problematic, more of a lease than ownership, and I agree that
traditional publishers have been unreasonable here, but e-book lending is an extremely high growth, high use area for my
library system.
However, if
libraries don't find a way to distribute eBooks in a reasonable manner (which the Overdrive
model fails to do) and provide a comprehensive collection of books from
traditional publishers (which, of course, neither Amazon nor
libraries offers at present), then
libraries will become marginalized and, ultimately, fade from the scene (IMHO).
However, at the same time,
libraries are facing an identity crisis: As the Internet has become the primary way people gather information, the
traditional «building filled with books»
model is less relevant to their lives.
Public
libraries are increasingly transitioning away from our
traditional model to less specifically defined public spaces, such as the «community center»
library.
But just as the DDA
model has challenged
libraries, publishers, and vendors to rethink
traditional methods of buying and selling, asking all sides to place their trust in the user's ability to drive purchasing, so, too, has the idea that books in digital format being grouped together and sold as a package required all involved to further rethink how to amass content as efficiently and logically as possible.
While other national
libraries may continue to add the majority of
traditional grey literature types to their collections, CISTI has moved in many cases to a just - in - time
model of document supply for such document types as standards, patents and theses.
Your comment on the
traditional business
model is correct, only I wish more people understood the dilemma (i.e.
library directors, managers, etc..)
The current issue of the New Yorker has an article by Anthony Grafton called «Digitization and Its Discontents» that discusses the ongoing «tension» between the
traditional print
library model versus the Google Book projects of the world.
When the reason for access is to consult
library materials — which has been the central question in this article — factors such as participation in a depository program, funding
models,
traditional use, and
library policies can all be relevant.