On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:14 PM, stuart yeates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bill Dueber wrote:
>
>> "if the librarians would grow a pair
>> and demand better data via our contracts"
>
> While I agree with your overall point, it would have been better made with
> the gendered phrasing, in my view.

I agree, and I apologize. There's enough of that nonsense in the
programming world, and I need to watch my cliches.

I amend to wishing that librarians would either (a) grow a spine, or
(b) get, you know, better legal advice when it comes time to play
chicken with sole-providers. Which is less colorful, but perhaps more
accurate.

 -Bill-

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Bill Dueber
Library Systems Programmer
University of Michigan Library