Shrinking Fair Use in Digital Books

I have been visiting UIUC, talking with folks at the UI Libraries, the Information School (GSLIS), and NCSA. It's an incredibly impressive place, and I left jazzed and excited by all the good work. In my conversations with Library staff, we wound up riffing on ebooks and libraries -- mainly discussing the current distribution models to libraries, the limitations placed on users by DRM, and the liabilities placed on the development of essential library services, such as electronic reserves. Th