tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36981761.post3179125151433092559..comments2023-09-28T06:02:34.557-05:00Comments on Dynamic Librarian: .museum beat .library to the punch, by about eight yearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36981761.post-1063749448895150652008-11-17T08:02:00.000-06:002008-11-17T08:02:00.000-06:00I have been of the opinion that one of the unique ...I have been of the opinion that one of the unique things that libraries have going for them is that they do not, on a large scale, seek out or accept advertising dollars. <BR/><BR/>Accepting ads on .lib websites from the perspective of a sustainable business model, but would it be compromising what libraries stand for? Would directors and boards at some point be swayed by large ad campaigns to make a move that would be against the best interest of patrons? <BR/><BR/>I suppose a very distant but similar example would be the soft drink companies in our middle and high schools. Have those entities corrupted our youth? Should libraries be advocating V8 instead of Pepsi in the mental vending machines that are library websites?Dynamic Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986425503963602768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36981761.post-67885492969807707222008-11-17T06:47:00.000-06:002008-11-17T06:47:00.000-06:00Why not? The ad revenues could be returned, at le...Why not? The ad revenues could be returned, at least in part, to the libraries' operations budgets. Was that what you had in mind?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566970667058615140noreply@blogger.com