October 2, 2008 – 12:01 pm
We in the library world have a problem. We spend a zillion-with-a-Z dollars subscribing to online databases, purchases which presume our ability to make sure only authorized people can look at them. The alternative is to be in breach of contract law, which I’ve been assured is something we’d like to avoid.
The problem I see [...]
[From a series I’m calling, “Things About The Library I Think Are Stoooopid”, part one of about a zillion.]
I’m going to wallow in a little bit of hyperbole here, but only a little.
The problem
Suppose, just for a moment, that you’re a computer programmer working anytime in the last twenty years, and
someone wants you to [...]