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From: Carl Pultz <[log in to unmask]> >> "C'mon guys, these are businesses." SS > A-yup. And that's why today they hardly matter. When I was in high school and college and was doing research when I was home, every time I went to my public library in Teaneck, New Jersey I was told that the periodical I needed was in the Englewood Pubiic Library. It was well known in Northern New Jersey that the Englewood library was THE go-to place. Eventually a librarian gave me a copy of the annual book of Bergen County Library periodical holdings so I didn't need to keep asking her. Then one morning I got a call from my mother-in-law to get my butt to the Englewood Public Library because they were disposing of their entire periodical collection at 25 cents a volume. They were all out on the lawn. That is why I have a bound set of Time magazine from 1930 to 1945 and there are no libraries in Northern New Jersey with any periodical holdings worth a damn. They had put the stuff out on the lawn, including Harpers back to the 1870s, and in the afternoon it started to rain. Nobody needs to go to the Englewood Public Library any more. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Folk Music in America The CD reduced the costs of operating a radio station considerably. The drive to CD on classical radio was convenience. As with why libraries also ditched their records, minor scratches didn't' t happen as often, equipment maintenance was much reduced including cleaning records, dealing with needles and the whole record-playing ceremony. CD content could be sent to and accessed from servers. Cataloging came with them. Engineering became simplified as did program administration- no one had to time records anymore. If a server was sued, no refilling was necessary. C'mon guys, these are businesses. Steve Smolian