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Senate advances bill to study library digital contracts and expand access
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate ordered Senate No. 2710 — a bill to create a commission to study digital library resource costs, use, privacy, and access — to third reading as amended and passed it to be engrossed after floor debate and roll-call approval.
The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed Senate No. 2710, an act directing a commission to study challenges facing public libraries’ digital resource collections. Senator Barry Feeney, the bill’s floor sponsor, said the measure is a first step toward sustainable access to ebooks and audiobooks for libraries statewide.
"Ebooks and audiobooks have become an increasingly prevalent resource used by library patrons, yet they have become a financial burden for already strained public libraries," Feeney said on the…
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