Comments on: What kind of free is your library service? http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/ It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:33:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Librarians Matter » Blog Archive » My blog’s year in first lines … http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/comment-page-1/#comment-47872 Librarians Matter » Blog Archive » My blog’s year in first lines … Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:39:58 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/#comment-47872 [...] line: Chris Anderson wrote about the Long Tail in Wired magazine in 2004 , encapsulating in economic terms one of Ranganathan’s laws of library [...] [...] line: Chris Anderson wrote about the Long Tail in Wired magazine in 2004 , encapsulating in economic terms one of Ranganathan’s laws of library [...]

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]]> By: Librarians Matter » Blog Archive » What kind of “better than free” is your library service? http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/comment-page-1/#comment-35236 Librarians Matter » Blog Archive » What kind of “better than free” is your library service? Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:16:18 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/#comment-35236 [...] week ago, I asked “what kind of free is your library service?“, in response to Chris Anderson’s Free - why $0.00 is the future of business (published [...] [...] week ago, I asked “what kind of free is your library service?“, in response to Chris Anderson’s Free – why $0.00 is the future of business (published [...]

]]> By: anne beaumont http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/comment-page-1/#comment-35082 anne beaumont Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:44:14 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/#comment-35082 Kathryn, Thanks for giving those library examples. I read the original article & found it interesting, but by giving those examples you have provided added value. If I were lecturing or tutoring I think it would be a good example to stimulate students. Kathryn,

Thanks for giving those library examples. I read the original article & found it interesting, but by giving those examples you have provided added value. If I were lecturing or tutoring I think it would be a good example to stimulate students.

]]> By: genevieve http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/comment-page-1/#comment-35067 genevieve Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:43:04 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/03/03/what-kind-of-free-is-your-library-service/#comment-35067 Kathryn, your last question is a very good one and makes me want to read Anderson's book. There are some parallel concerns in newspaper book coverage, which I've tried to write about elsewhere recently. Reputation and attention are qualities that draw people towards reading book reviews in newspapers - and it would be silly of newspapers to continue to cut them back in the hope that bloggers will write them for free. The public then gets totally confused about who to pay attention to, and reviewers have to build a reputation before they will be trusted. Mind you, it could be done, but it would take time. And people read book reviews precisely because they don't have a lot of time to spend half-reading books they are not sure about. Kathryn, your last question is a very good one and makes me want to read Anderson’s book. There are some parallel concerns in newspaper book coverage, which I’ve tried to write about elsewhere recently.

Reputation and attention are qualities that draw people towards reading book reviews in newspapers – and it would be silly of newspapers to continue to cut them back in the hope that bloggers will write them for free. The public then gets totally confused about who to pay attention to, and reviewers have to build a reputation before they will be trusted.
Mind you, it could be done, but it would take time. And people read book reviews precisely because they don’t have a lot of time to spend half-reading books they are not sure about.

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