Ebooks Choices and the Soul of Librarianship - 0 views
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adrienne_mobius on 07 Aug 12This article points out that many of the values of librarianship (privacy, sharing, preservation) are in conflict with current ebook models. Ebooks are not private ("libraries can't protect data stored with third parties"), Ebooks can't be shared ("people can't give their used Ebooks to the library"), and Ebooks can't be preserved ("we can't preserve files we can't keep"). Even access is not universal ("Does your ebook platform provide content that's compatible with all devices?").