John Mark Ockerbloom
Apr. 11, 2006
Who will provide libraries of historic serials online?
•Google, Yahoo, Microsoft?
–Serial content being ingested along with monograph content
–Thus far not being treated specially or systematically
•Commercial aggregators?
–Already broad coverage, but still limited; limited access; no inherent monopoly on public domain content
•Let central consortia do it?
–JSTOR et al can’t do everything; and limited access may inhibit reuse, repurposing, remixing
•Libraries do it ourselves?
–We have the content, constituency, mission, know-how
–Scanner tech, storage, and sharing all getting cheaper