Kuopio 5: "Aligning commercial and public document repositories to facilitate free and sustainable information"

Already many libraries globally have decided, or had decided for them, to reduce their print collections in favour of more space for their users. This re-allocation of space has not been a bad thing but the consequences of the loss of print are yet to be determined or fully understood. Fundamental amongst these is diminution of the role of libraries as a free source for information for their communities.