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   Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 07:28:23 JST Joe Ortiz

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   @trurl Very much related: https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/

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     dstu (trurl@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 07:28:24 JST dstu

     I love my local library network. I can place a request for anything at 40+ libraries, and it will be delivered nearby. Direct cost to me? Zero.

     I am not a fan of Overdive/Libby ebooks. It is beyond absurd that there are 20 physical copies of a book available, but 20 people are "in line" for an ebook.

     Physical libraries are great. I wish people visited them more.

     Also, since being acquired by private equity, Overdrive now poses to a threat libraries across the country: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/overdrives-new-owners-what-means/