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From: Dan.Kysor@f998.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Dan Kysor)
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Subject: Nls database
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Date: 4 Jun 91 02:04:29 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

hi lloyd and welcome back to the net.  i think this is somewhat of
a complicated issue regarding this database.  there has been some
confusion on this conference regarding privacy and the actual
computer networking which must take place in order for all
participating libraries to participate in the national collection.
just the vastness of the participants and the different librarie's
equipment make having a database  management company necessary to
handle the networking.  it just seems to me if we're only talking
about 180 megs to titles and if there is really a  conflict in
"free library" access and data retreaval at such a high costthen
why not put this 180 meg library on disks and defuse this issue.
no one has a problem with releasing this materials.  i believe the
year end cats are not copyrighted and the materials could be
released in that fashion and the participating blink talk net bbs's
could handle these files.  i really would like to get away from how
these titles are organized say for the year-end format.  as far as
ordering, i don't see a fesible way of accomplishing this and i
think some misunderstood my articlelast fall.  thanks for
responding to this question.  i doubt nls is  gaining royalties
either.  take care for now... regards  dan

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