I’m interested to hear what practicing librarians, especially those of you who manage your Overdrive collections, think of the following article:

 

The Coming Ensh*ttification of Public Libraries

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

 

My takeaway is that we should be implementing Lyrasis’ Palace Project asap, but I’m not in the trenches.  Also curious if this is on TSLA’s radar?

 

-DeAnne

 

DeAnne L. Luck

Lecturer, Library Science Program

Womack Educational Leadership Dept

Middle Tennessee State Univ
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https://mtsu.edu/programs/library-science-mls