HarperCollins and OverDrive issue

There has been a flurry of postings about the recent HarperCollins decision to limit the number of circulations per title of their OverDrive books. This summary SCLS TechBits Blog posting has links to several good resources in an accurate timeline on the issue:

http://scls.typepad.com/techbits/2011/03/overdrive-harpercollins-and-26-circs.html

In addition here’s a link to access a report on the HarperCollins titles in the WPLC collection:

http://www.wplc.info/reports/

And here’s a link to an excellent opinion piece on the issue from the Pioneer Library System in Oklahoma.  At the end of the article there are additional links to more resources.

Pioneer Library System article