http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:47:00 +0000 Clive Warner [Visitor] c75625@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ This small publisher would be interested more in seeing if some of these orphaned books could be brought back into print, with an agreed royalty amount held in escrow for any claims. http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/03/11/homes_for_good_orphan_books#c75625 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:45:21 +0000 Jodi Suguitan [Visitor] c75556@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ Great ideas! Google seems they have their finger in just about everything these days. I hope that the settlement is fair and equitable. Google having a near monopoly on so much does not serve our best interests. http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/03/11/homes_for_good_orphan_books#c75556 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:11:11 +0000 pbrantley [Member] c45791@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ Jonathan, I increasingly think that libraries need the equivalent of one of more IAEA - some independent entity through which they can enact these higher level services. Arguably it once might have been OCLC, but I think now has to likely be some new organization. <br /> <br /> Even then, I wonder if governance is a tractable. I think libraries would have to contribute, but then remove themselves to third order control. It's a difficult issue; one that arguably surfaced in its most threatening manifestation only in the digital age. <br /> <br /> In a way, that's why a domain- or discipline-focussed effort might be most productive, where the libraries don't have to lead, but just come along for the ride, in their own interests, but directed by faculty.
Even then, I wonder if governance is a tractable. I think libraries would have to contribute, but then remove themselves to third order control. It's a difficult issue; one that arguably surfaced in its most threatening manifestation only in the digital age.

In a way, that's why a domain- or discipline-focussed effort might be most productive, where the libraries don't have to lead, but just come along for the ride, in their own interests, but directed by faculty. ]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/03/11/homes_for_good_orphan_books#c45791 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:34:32 +0000 Jonathan Rochkind [Visitor] c45774@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ This is a great idea. But what might be most challenging, in fact, is getting libraries to do it--especially when there is some risk involved. <br /> <br /> Since it is an inherently cooperative project though, it sounds like something appropriate for a Mellon startup grant.
Since it is an inherently cooperative project though, it sounds like something appropriate for a Mellon startup grant. ]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/03/11/homes_for_good_orphan_books#c45774 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:58:52 +0000 Greg Albers [Visitor] c45763@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ Peter, Thanks for the post. I think your statement "might embolden a tribe of scholars and interested amateurs to make organization for online access compelling." is a prescient one. If indeed we continue to see online communities organizing around smaller and smaller niches, mobilizing those groups to action at the service of their passions would be an effective way of building this larger library, book by book. I for one would happily volunteer time and services in whatever ways I could to organize, scan, and catalog works within my own niche. If, that is, there was simply a place to put them that ensured they would be maintained and freely shared in the ways you suggest. In the end, it's the "hosting service" that remains the bigger question mark for me. http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/03/11/homes_for_good_orphan_books#c45763