Comments on: Carry On My Wayward Collection

By: Cheri Campbell

Cheri Campbell — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:42:24 +0000

Wow! Jo was our state librarian (Ohio) up until about a year ago, Wish she had made that move when she was still here.

By: Gina P

Gina P — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:08:58 +0000

You said, “Considering the time and expense required to move purchased material by gaining permission alone, the contract hoops that the Kansas State Library is required to jump makes it a costly one.”

I agree, but not just in the time and expense required to move purchased material. It’s the initial investment in general. With the clear limit of competition in acquiring ebook content for mobile devices, I worry that libraries that are keen to meet their user’s needs will make a large investment (Overdrive start-up costs) and feel caged when other alternatives come around.

This is an interesting one to watch. Thanks for highlighting it.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:51:25 +0000

If your contract is any indication, it means that libraries will stick it out or just eat the loss when it comes to content. That’s rather unfortunate and makes me more opposed to current eBook licensing practices.

By: Carol C.

Carol C. — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:53:32 +0000

Oh, the language of the contract has already changed. My library’s two year old contract explicitly states that we give up access to our content should we sever our relationship with OverDrive. I’ll be eagerly watching the Kansas story unfold, in hopes that it will begin to change how acquisition of e-content happens.