Discussion: Bundles, Big Deals, and the Copyright Wars: What Can Academic Libraries Learn from the Record Industry Crash?

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 11:35 AM–12:20 PM CDT
Salon D/E
Track

Collection Development and Assessment

Keywords

SERIALS COPYRIGHT

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.

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learned from the music industry's demise to what librarians are experiencing with academic publishers who cling to an outdated business model...realize the importance of holding publishers accountable during negotiations for anachronisticlicensing.

hashtag

#copyrightwars #erl12

Presenters

Edward Keane, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus

Session Materials

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