[Dtb-talk] re The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary loan
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Mon Jan 18 20:20:09 UTC 2010
It seems to me that people shouldn't assume anything either way. All
we know is what one entity said a short letter from NLS
said. Anything else is needless speculation.
David Andrews, Moderator
At 12:24 AM 1/18/2010, you wrote:
>The quote from the NLS letter seems to refer only to digital
>interlibrary loans, and only at the present time. This would appear
>to leave open the possibility of digital international interlibrary
>loans in the future. Can we assume NLS will continue to support
>international interlibrary loan of 4 track NLS format titles?
>
> >From my understanding, no large talking book producer, including
> NLS/LOC, is likely to attempt digital conversion (let alone full
> formatting to DAISY) of anything like all their analog based
> titles. The decision to convert or not to convert titles would, I
> would expect, need to be based on the costs of conversion versus
> the expected benefits to readers. The copyright issue as it relates
> to format conversion as already mentioned may well be another factor.
>
>For titles that would not be justified converting to digital or
>DAISY it would seem a reasonable policy for NLS/LOC to continue
>interlibrary loans in the audio format in which the title exists,
>in this case, LOC analog 4 track.
>
>If so, would it not be easier in such a case as this for the client
>to obtain, or for ABWA to loan to the client, a standard LOC 4
>track/2 track cassette player? That would appear to save both the
>LOC and the ABWA having to specially convert and format a title
>solely for the purposes of one international interlibrary loan. The
>client gets access, which one assumes is the most important factor.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Tim Gillett
>Audio/Electronics Technician,
>Perth
>Western Australia
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