Dorothea has some words about librarians and publishers.

"Librarians trust publishers. They just do. They don’t trust technology (no more they should, either), they don’t trust their patrons, and they don’t trust the society they work in (no more they should, either). But boy howdy, do they trust publishers and the official publishing process. Ask what “authority” means (and it’s a word that comes up a lot) and more often than not you’ll hear about the Sacred Publishing Process and how marvelous it is."

I'm having a hard time disagreeing with Dorothea. We are still taught in library school that we should be wary of online resources, but not print resources (especially new ones) On a similar note, I do think that our relationship to publishers has changed for the better. We no longer want to spend exorbitant amounts of money on periodicals and are fed up with the way that we (to be read: our patrons) are treated by these companies. In fact, the online world has made it easier for us to deal with publishers, in a way. We are finally gaining the upper hand.

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