It turns out that Dave Mixdorff, the director of the South Sioux City Public Library (right here in Nebraska) has decided that a complete boycott of HarperCollins materials is the way to go. Not just for eBooks but also print from all HC imprints. All I can say is “woah!” (I’m also thinking this is the first library to go this far. Anyone know of others?)
Here’s a video from a local (IA) TV station followed by some additional relevant links:
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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