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that is one of the larger concerns about tech vs info that I think needs to be picked apart more critically.

would you mind talking more about this? i work in a library and we are really struggling with how to aggregate information from all of the dozens of different publishers and databases we deal with, none of whom have any incentive to de-silo their information or encourage discovery from outside their own website. it's difficult for users and very difficult for us to keep track of our many thousands of electronic resources which are constantly changing. honestly it seems to me that with ebooks and e-journals, in many ways things have got worse in dealing with publishers. i imagine this is part of what you're talking about, i'd love to hear some ideas on what to do about this, or if you could point me at some other resources. thanks.

"...integrity as a currency..."

This is probably one of the best things I've ever read. I try to live this way but people always get ahead of you by being assholes. I tell myself they'll get theirs in the long run, or it'll even out, but it seems it often doesn't. I'm glad to hear there's another way.

ultimately it's maybe being clear with higher-ups that you have to have staff specifically dedicated to this bullshit which would be totally unnecessary if the world were more open access or if the publishers would work together.

this might be an idea. i can't see a way for libraries to put any meaningful pressure on publishers (Elsevier, grr...), but if the academic and public institutions we're a part of realized what was going on and banded together, that might force someone's hand.

in a way it's comforting that we're not the only ones dealing with this problem and unable to find a way out. thanks for responding and for doing what you do.