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...According to Darnton, a scholar of the history of the book, prices for some journals have increased to tens of thousands of dollars, altering libraries?? purchasing habits and suppressing the demand for monographs and other writing...
...different libraries often agree to disagree. In meetings, Verba says he will say “I guess we all agree” despite knowing the opposite to be true. “Some people will nod yes while grimacing.”But Verba defends the libraries?? current structure. “We’ve built a group of people who get along and trust each other,” Verba said. “It works as well as an institution like that could work.”Darnton says he understands that his post...
...laws have become far too restrictive,” said Verba. Verba also noted that the University of Michigan’s library, another member of the Google Library project, was already scanning copyrighted material because it is a public institution. Trainer, who is a member of the Harvard libraries?? board of visitors, said that because of the confidentiality of the negotiations with Google she had not conferred with her Harvard colleagues regarding whether or not to join the project. When asked whether he thought Princeton’s decision to join had been the right one, however...
Still others have suggested augmenting the libraries?? reserves, but that isn’t a cost-effective solution either. According to a 2005 study by the Financial Aid Office (FAO), to add only three additional copies of each book and coursepack to the reserves would cost, on average, $360 per class, or approximately $40,000 for the Government department alone. Multiply these costs across departments and increasing the reserves system could cost close to a million dollars. And students would probably still have trouble finding their books during crunch time...
...point.” But Goldman said Smiley still has “an incentive not to come forward now. [If he revealed additional thefts] the terms of the plea agreement would be null and void and Smiley would face stiffer sentencing guidelines.” The Harvard College Libraries??along with the other affected libraries??are seeking punishment to the fullest extent of the law, Brainard said. Goldman and the British Library have gone further—they have advocated an “upward departure” from the sentencing guidelines in light...