Ah I don't know what to say about this item but it looks important enough to pass on. Through a Byzantine arrangement of exclusive arrangements and access to materials, libraries can offer access to newspaper archives. The main point of this article seems to be that it could produce a revenue stream for libraries. If I'm reading this right (and I can't tell, because there's a lot of doublespeak in this article), the idea is to turn libraries into news archive rental services. EduPage reports, "After collections have been digitized,CRLFlibraries can host them on their own servers or on OCLC's server. Libraries maintain control of the content and its distribution, and OCLC will offer a premium service where users can pay for access to the full text of some content." Well I have to ask why libraries - which are supposed to provide free public access to these materials - should be content to be turned into marketing shills for this information monopoly.
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