Daniel writes “California librarians are not pleased by donations of what they see essentially as ‘excess inventory’ in the CD giveaway by record companies, windfall from a 2002 legal settlement in which California schools and libraries are expected to receive $9 million worth of CDs.
“It’s a mixed bag,” said Lisa Rosenblum, who manages the allocation of materials for the San Jose Public Library. She was surprised to see that San Jose was scheduled to receive 106 copies of eight different albums, such as “Lenny” and Ricky Martin’s “Sound Loaded.”
“One hundred and six copies of Lenny Kravitz might be overkill,” Rosenblum said. She said the library might keep extras in storage, in case they are needed later, or give them away as prizes to children who participate in summer reading clubs.
Here’s the San Francisco Gate story, complete with librarians opinions on the “pros” (Louis Armstrong) and “cons” (Jessica Simpson) among the donated CDs.
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