Comments on: Alternative Uses for the Pesky eBook Budget

By: Libraries should rethink ebooks « Infopromom

Libraries should rethink ebooks « Infopromom — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:36:36 +0000

[...] decisions we have made. Let’s focus on how we can better spend our patron’s money (some good suggestions here). Once this whole ebook business settles down, we will hopefully have a more streamlined and sane [...]

By: Ebook Lending Update | The Nerdbrarian

Ebook Lending Update | The Nerdbrarian — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:20:04 +0000

[...] Until there’s legislation or a court decision affirming something like first sale doctrine for digital content, it seems like libraries are engaging in very expensive experiment. I honestly hope it works out, but in the meantime, I think caution is warranted, and perhaps a seriously consideration of something like what Andy Woodworth outlines in his blog post Alternative Uses for the Pesky eBook Budget… [...]

By: Ebook Access | Pearltrees

Ebook Access | Pearltrees — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:50:24 +0000

[...] Alternative Uses for the Pesky eBook Budget « Agnostic, Maybe Not happy with an eBook collection that has limited checkouts or paying three times the price for the “privilege”? I’m willing to bet that there are better uses for that eBook budget money that would yield a higher rate of return on investment, better community outreach and involvement, and/or make more fiscal sense for your library’s stakeholders. [...]

By: Our new newsletter, The DOJ calls Shenanigans! on E-Book Pricing, plus Frustrations and Guides: Libraries and E-Content News | Library Renewal

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:16:17 +0000

[...] consider the e-book lending model again. Mentioned in both of these posts is Andy Woodworth’s “Alternative Uses for the Pesky E-Book Budget” that has also been making the rounds this week. Look at the comments on all of these posts for [...]

By: zoey

zoey — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:49:25 +0000

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By: Peter Murray

Peter Murray — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:44:26 +0000

When I hear or see “programming” I always fist think of the software development angle. Come to think of it, that is another good use of found funding.

By: Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman

Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:09:43 +0000

[...] for many communities’ libraries. And as Gonzalez mentions Andy Woodworth’s timely Alternative Uses for the Pesky eBook Budget, Bobbi Newman of Librarian by Day picks right up on this with her own Should Libraries Get Out of [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:24:14 +0000

So, what was the other blog? I’m curious as to what you were replying to!

By: 【翻译】图书馆是不是应该退出电子书市场？ | Nalsi的西文编目笔记III

【翻译】图书馆是不是应该退出电子书市场？ | Nalsi的西文编目笔记III — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:08:58 +0000

[...] 我当然不是唯一做如是想的人，Andy Woodworth提供了一个列表，让你考虑用其他方法使用电子书的预算。我之前曾经建议过，将来也会继续建议，请关注Library Renewal。 [...]

By: Lisa Newton

Lisa Newton — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:01:32 +0000

Oops, I was reading two blogs at the same time and responded to that blog post here. The response above was meant for another blog. Sorry! I obviously need more caffeine.