Hi All,

I wonder if anyone else knows more about something I was recently told
about NetLibrary, the online service that's trying to sell ebooks to
libraries.  Someone from the Multnomah County Library responsible for
electronic databases told me that NetLibrary gave 1,500 free ebooks on a
trial basis to 100 libraries. Multnomah County Library happens to be one of
the libraries.

Does anyone know if there's any organized movement among libraries to
demand better accessibility from NetLibrary before libraries sign on?  Both
the HTML and proprietary book reader versions of their electronic books
have accessibility problems that are bad enough to cause many people using
screen reading trouble problems accessing the material.  Neither their
software or web pages would pass any proposed legal standard on accessibility.