I was at the Library of Congress yesterday to give a talk on the transformations in publishing; the presentation took 45 minutes, but the lively conversation afterwards with the library staff lasted for over an hour and a half. One of the topics that I had covered was the flattening of the publishing horizon: the ability for authors to self-publish, or independently publish through retail outlets. Among other issues this underscored is one that the Library has already started grappling with: what does this mean for LoC, as the national library of deposit?
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