14. Picture An Industry Where…
• Major sellers of content were
• Frightened of cannibalizing their physical sales
• Slow to innovate in online sales
• Slow to cooperate with each other on standards
• Seen as profiteering
• Afraid because their customers were starting to
distribute the content for free
15. And then a competitor emerged from
outside the industry and threatened to
turn it upside down…
23. It is easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle
than to find a library website
that is usable and friendly
and provides services rather
than talking about them in
weird library jargon.
THE USER IS NOT BROKEN: A MEME MASQUERADING AS A MANIFESTO
K.G. Schneider
http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/06/the_user_is_not_broken_a_meme.php
24. It is easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle
than to find a publisher
website that is usable and
friendly and provides services
that haven’t been co-opted
by a weird marketing agenda.