[Dtb-talk] More on NLS and International Interlibrary loan

[Grover Zinn]

This latest reply makes murky water even murkier---and suggests that  
there is a "deal" (or extreme caution w.r.t. Digital Millenium  
matters) behind these short memos.  I'll be interested what they say  
about making Daisy books from cassettes!!

One can only hope that the Copyright conference (or whatever) in  
Zürich will produce better international sharing etc etc.  The US made  
useful noises in the presentation.

best

Grover Z


Grover Zinn
William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus
former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
grover.zinn at oberlin.edu



On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:

> We got this rather short additional reply back from the NLS/LOC on  
> international interlibrary loan request my comments follow:
>
> Hi [name removed],
>
> Your e-mail to NLS was forwarded to me for reply.
>
> NLS does not loan digital books.  But we will continue to loan  
> cassette and braille books.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Y. Rathan Raj
> Overseas Librarian
> National Library Service for the Blind
> and Physically Handicapped
> Library of Congress
> Washington, DC 20542
>
> Now this brings up several interesting questions which I have posed  
> to Mr. Raj.
>
> Given that the NLS will at some point stop making tapes does this  
> mean that over time the list of books which can be made loaned by  
> international interlibrary loan will just shrink away to nothing? Or  
> will they just make up tapes when we ask for something?
>
> Given that we are switching to DAISY we are going to have to take  
> the NLS/LOC tape and convert it to digital here before sending it  
> out which seems rather crazy when you think about it there being a  
> digital version sitting in the U.S. but we can't get it rather we  
> have to generate one ourselves from the tapes.
>
>
>
>
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>
>
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