http://walt.lishost.org/2013/02/smaller-libraries-desired-but-perhaps-implausible-audience/ The library voice of the radical middle. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://walt.lishost.org/2013/02/smaller-libraries-desired-but-perhaps-implausible-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-98786 waltcrawford Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:10:13 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=4835#comment-98786 Unfortunately, I believe you’re right. (Not unfortunate that you’re right…unfortunate that I’m not sure there’s any solution to that problem.) Which means even $0 would be too high a price. So, if I do the numbers book I won’t have high expectations for huge success…

]]> http://walt.lishost.org/2013/02/smaller-libraries-desired-but-perhaps-implausible-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-98781 laura Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:43:26 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=4835#comment-98781 To your problem list, I would add — and promote to top billing — lack of time. Most librarians I know, especially at smaller libraries, are so busy simply trying to keep up with the basic functioning of the library that even if they have a professional reading budget, they likely don’t have the time to order from it, much less read the results.

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