http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/01/25/digitization-access-licensing-and-scholarships-best-before-date Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:30:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/01/25/digitization-access-licensing-and-scholarships-best-before-date/comment-page-1#comment-21280 Ken Muldrew Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:09:08 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2007/01/25/digitization-access-licensing-and-scholarships-best-before-date#comment-21280 I really hope there are some University librarians reading this who can shed some light on the matter. I got the impression that there was some triangulation between the scholars (demanding content from the library), the librarians (sending the scholars after the admin), and the administration (slashing the library budget to keep classrooms from being overcrowded). Nobody takes a long view in such circumstances, so we ended up with the unpleasant license agreements. I really hope there are some University librarians reading this who can shed some light on the matter. I got the impression that there was some triangulation between the scholars (demanding content from the library), the librarians (sending the scholars after the admin), and the administration (slashing the library budget to keep classrooms from being overcrowded). Nobody takes a long view in such circumstances, so we ended up with the unpleasant license agreements.

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