At the Online Library
George Lorenzo,
Educational Pathways,
Feb 17, 2003
Is this what we should be doing: "building large digital resources that require a keen understanding of complex licensing and copyright agreements with publishers?" This, in part, is the new role for libraries described in this article. Why is this all necessary, when we have the internet? Well, in part because, "You can’t do [deep scholarly research] through Google, because it does not have proprietary databases that are designed and licensed for academic libraries." Well quite right. And moreover, "A lot of online services we provide are very costly, and the vendors are interested in making a profit, and every year they ask for more money for the databases." This isn't the author's point, but I have to ask, is this really the best use of our money?
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