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The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn't restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

NYT Fading?

As I’m sure you know, the online version of the New York Times is “hidden” behind a registration system. Access is free but that single impediment makes the site unlinkable, which makes it irrelevant for web-based conversation like blogs, emails, newsgroups, and message boards.

According to Boing Boing, it also blocks the Google search engine, which makes the content unfindable for surfers just looking for general information.

Eventually, content providers have to catch on that the absolute control they crave does them more harm than good. Right?

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