Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians

2012-04-09 Thread Heather Lenson
] On Behalf Of Andrea Rapp Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 4:08 PM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians Like I was saying. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/05/pew-e-book-survey-20-percent-of-u-s-is-reading-electronically.html Andrea Rapp

Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians

2012-04-09 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-bounces+hlenson=jecc@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea Rapp Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 4:08 PM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians Like I was saying. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles

Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians

2012-04-09 Thread Heather Lenson
To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians Like I was saying. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/05/pew-e-book-survey-20-percent-of-u-s-is-reading-electronically.html Andrea Rapp __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians

2012-04-09 Thread Aaron Kuperman
The only problems with the transition to ebooks from printed books are that at present most publishers don't want to sell to libraries and use a DRM system that prevents loans (but this will change in time), and that Orthodox Jews will still want printed books for Shabbos (based on past practices,

Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians

2012-04-09 Thread Andrea Rapp
a...@loc.gov wrote: From: Aaron Kuperman a...@loc.gov Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians To: Amalia Warshenbrot amalia...@att.net Cc: Hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Date: Monday, April 9, 2012, 11:23 AM The only problems with the transition

Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians

2012-04-09 Thread Steven M. Bergson
into the lending of ebooks.   The problems with libraries offering ebooks are obviously very major. Andrea Rapp     --- On Mon, 4/9/12, Aaron Kuperman a...@loc.gov wrote: From: Aaron Kuperman a...@loc.gov Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Good news for books, bad news for Librarians To: Amalia Warshenbrot