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Maine State Law And Legislative Reference Library, John Barden
Maine State Law And Legislative Reference Library, John Barden
Maine Policy Review
The Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library provides reference assistance to legislators, the judiciary, state agencies, members of the bar, and citizens across the state of Maine and beyond from its rich and unique collection of legal and legislative materials.
Libraries And The First Amendment, Melora Norman
Libraries And The First Amendment, Melora Norman
Maine Policy Review
Melora Norman reviews the history and challenges faced by libraries in dealing with citizen first amendment rights to freedom of speech, freedom to receive information, and privacy.
Book Publishers And Libraries: Historic Partners Facing A Disruptive Technology, Tom Allen
Book Publishers And Libraries: Historic Partners Facing A Disruptive Technology, Tom Allen
Maine Policy Review
The explosion of digital materials and e-readers has disrupted the historic partnership between book publishers and libraries. Tom Allen explains that the new business models required for more widespread e-lending will necessarily involve compromises. He suggests that e-lending pilot projects between individual publishers and libraries are a promising development.
Libraries And Book Publishers, Maureen Sullivan
Libraries And Book Publishers, Maureen Sullivan
Maine Policy Review
Although Maine is a rural state, it has had success in keeping pace with technological changes since the rise of the Internet 20 years ago. In this section, authors describe some of these successes and the challenges faced by both consumers and libraries in the new digital environment. New technologies and new forms of digital media pose challenges both for publishers and libraries, as discussed by Tom Allen and Maureen Sullivan in their articles on e-books. Allen presents the publisher’s perspective on this potentially disruptive technology, while Sullivan examines the issue from the perspective of libraries and their historic mission …