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ER&L 2012 | April 2–4, 2012 | Austin, Texas and Online
Exploring ideas, trends and technologies in eresources and digital services.Go to www.electroniclibrarian.org to view and print a 3 page pdf of all sessions by thread with conference hashtags.
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Discussion: Bundles, Big Deals, and the Copyright Wars: What Can Academic Libraries Learn from the Record Industry Crash?
hashtag
#copyrightwars #erl12
Track
Collection Development and Assessment
Keywords
SERIALS COPYRIGHT
Learning Objectives
...apply lessons consumers learned from the music industry's demise to what librarians are experiencing with academic publishers who cling to an outdated business model...realize the importance of holding publishers accountable during negotiations for anachronisticlicensing.
Abstract
This session is a Discussion Session led by the presenter. Discussions will touch on the similarities between the business plan of the music industry which collectively chose to ignore consumers' preference for online music over CD's with academic publishers' reluctance to provide alternatives to bundled content.