Second Lives

[bryant]

I was looking up Pat Schroeder for various reasons, and discovered that she's currently President of the American Association of Publishers. She's in charge of lobbying against librarians; the AAP also filed a brief arguing for copyright extension in Eldred v. Ashcroft.

Putz.

Also, Tipper Gore. It's no wonder I'm cynical about politicians. (Yeah, it's not Al's responsibility.)

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Man, I get where she's going, with the copyright stuff, but it just sounds so ridiculous to say you're lobbying against librarians.

*foams at the mouth*

[wemble.livejournal.com]

I hope someone gives her a good smack.

Re: *foams at the mouth*

[wemble.livejournal.com]

She doesn't seem to understand how libraries work as far as what goes into acquiring information. We pay for special licenses for those journals that dictate exactly how the databases can be accessed, who can access them, and in some cases how many people can access them at any given time. And in the long run, patrons don't get them for free. They pay taxes. And we certainly don't GIVE THEM AWAY TO OTHER LIBRARIES.