Anyhow, it's not an obvious choice one way or the other; having the service
protects some values while neglecting others, like any other technology.
While I'm loathe to encourage anyone in their path towards credit card mayhem,
the new economy is here to stay, and it involves paying for everything online
with a credit card.
Cheers,
Jon
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Jon Haupt
Fine & Performing Arts Librarian
Iowa State University
515-294-1491
jha...@iastate.edu
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But... I don't think that is even remotely the issue here.
Most libraries that are subscribing to these services are doing it
primarily to provide remote access to required listening for the music
history classes and it is equivillent to buying their textbooks and
accompanying CD anthologies when they exist (which is less common these
days, especially for upper division courses) -- nearly all students buy
their textbooks by credit card. This is no different, IMHO.
To make it a more site-specific issue, we have a significant commuter
population and most of the students have jobs. Our library's hours have
been reduced more than 10 hours per week over the last few years, making
it much more difficult for the students to get in to do their listening,
so providing remote access is essential -- allowing the students to burn
CDs to listen to in the car or on the bus on their way to and from campus
increases their remote access by letting them carry the discs (or MP3
players) with them.
-Rebecca