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Frederick County Library: The Official Responce
Elizabeth Cromwell, Public Relations Manager for the Frederick County Library responded to my e-mail and I'm finally getting around to posting it.
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for contacting Frederick County Public Libraries regarding downloadable content. Public libraries try to make content as freely available as possible. We are not always satisfied with the restrictions vendors may place upon end users, and vendors are well aware of our concerns.
Many librarians are involved in this issue through advocacy groups such as the American Library Association, Maryland Library Association and a variety of other organizations. These organizations exist to take on broad issues of national or international impact. The concern you have raised fits perfectly within the parameters of these advocacy groups.
Frederick County Public Libraries is a local government agency, not an advocacy group. Our mission is to provide access to as much information and cultural/learning experiences as our limited budget can offer. Our team of people that work on our website and online content represent about 2 percent of our staff. The vast majority of our staff assists with the running of our facilities to serve the people of Frederick County.
I applaud your efforts to make sweeping changes and take on Microsoft. You'll find a lot of library staffers in this country and abroad in your corner. Feel free to share your expertise with the advocacy groups I have mentioned, and keep us posted on your efforts.
As for us, we will continue to share our concerns with vendors. With a growing demand from our users for more, not less, of these products, I don't anticipate doing away with them at this time.
Thanks again for raising the issue. We are always happy to receive valuable input from our consumers.
Regards,
Elizabeth Cromwell
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for contacting Frederick County Public Libraries regarding downloadable content. Public libraries try to make content as freely available as possible. We are not always satisfied with the restrictions vendors may place upon end users, and vendors are well aware of our concerns.
Many librarians are involved in this issue through advocacy groups such as the American Library Association, Maryland Library Association and a variety of other organizations. These organizations exist to take on broad issues of national or international impact. The concern you have raised fits perfectly within the parameters of these advocacy groups.
Frederick County Public Libraries is a local government agency, not an advocacy group. Our mission is to provide access to as much information and cultural/learning experiences as our limited budget can offer. Our team of people that work on our website and online content represent about 2 percent of our staff. The vast majority of our staff assists with the running of our facilities to serve the people of Frederick County.
I applaud your efforts to make sweeping changes and take on Microsoft. You'll find a lot of library staffers in this country and abroad in your corner. Feel free to share your expertise with the advocacy groups I have mentioned, and keep us posted on your efforts.
As for us, we will continue to share our concerns with vendors. With a growing demand from our users for more, not less, of these products, I don't anticipate doing away with them at this time.
Thanks again for raising the issue. We are always happy to receive valuable input from our consumers.
Regards,
Elizabeth Cromwell
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#1 Re: Frederick County Library: The Official Responce
Luckily, my friend used this time to also begin complaining about his existing install of Arch Linux which has otherwise been working well for him. In fact, it's worked SO well that he managed to stay on it for several months which is amusing since he's the butt of a running joke about breaking every system he touches. The solution to the problem in his case was to finally buy the bigger SATA drive he's been desiring. This still leaves open the idea of how to migrate the data, the proper partitioning scheme and the like. The idea then, was for a friend and I to share our "wisdom" with him and convince him to use LVM and not fuss with Arch.