Vast Active Library and Information Science blog. From a recent library science graduate in Wellington, New Zealand. A focus on reference and current awareness tools and issues, especially free, web-based resources.

 
Declining book sales in Japan are being blamed in part on libraries lending out new books, as well as on second-hand bookstores, and the sluggish economy. Authors have proposed both financial compensation for books borrowed (along the lines of the UK's public lending right, which Japan lacks), and an embargo on lending books until 3 to 6 months after publication.

From The Daily Yomiuri online.

| posted by Simon at 12:57 pm