Juliya Ziskina

In his recent piece in Library Journal, Alan S. Inouye characterizes the last 15 years of library digital book advocacy as well-intentioned “firefighting” and incrementalism, calling instead for a retreat from state-level legislative action in favor of a vague, long-term national strategy. While a retrospective on the digital lending landscape is welcome, Inouye’s analysis fundamentally misunderstands the current legal architecture driving the library ebook movement today.

from the say-no-to-link-taxes dept How many times have you shared a link today? How many times have you used a search engine to look for information? We use links and snippets to gain and share information so often that we don’t even think about it. It’s an essential component of the internet, so intrinsic that an internet without links simply doesn’t work.