23 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,N ovem ber 7,2019 insidehalton.com 5450 Harvester Rd, Burlington Overhead Door (Hamilton-Burlington) Ltd. 905.333.1772 info@overheaddoorburlington.ca overheaddoorburlington.ca Thermacore® For premium construction and maximum thermal efficiency, a Thermacore® insulated steel door is the ideal choice. This series of doors feature our sandwich construction of steel-polyurethane-steel as well as between-section seals with thermal breaks to reduce air infiltration. With several panel designs to choose from, these doors offer design flexibility, durability and thermal efficiency that will help keep your home comfortable in cold or hot climates. Insulated Steel Garage Doors Overhead Door Co. of Hamilton-Burlington™ Overhead Door Co. Proud to be Servicing the GTA for 35 Years. The Genuine. The Original ON NOW AT THE BRICK! SAVING YOU MORE For more details go instore or online @thebrick.com. SHOP LOCAL HANDMADE | 60 ARTISANS EARLY BIRD SHOW Sunday Nov. 17 10am-5pm $5 ADMISSION Free for RBG members, children under 12 and with general admission Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd W, Burlington theartisanbazaar.ca Copper Fox Design FEATURED ARTIST Oakville Public Li- brary is joining forces with the Canadian Urban Libraries Council, the American Library Asso- ciation and other public library systems across North America to protest new policy changes brought forward by Mac- millan Publishers that would limit public librar- ies' access to ebooks. Despite being in digital format, libraries loan outformat, libraries loan outf ebooks the same way that they do physical books - one copy at a time. Thou- sands of OPL customers regularly borrow ebooks through apps like clou- dLibrary, and with every new release, the library aims to purchase enough copies to serve the needs of the community. However, since Nov. 1, OPL and public libraries across North America are only permitted to pur- chase one copy of any new ebook release from Mac- millan Publishers, and must wait a minimum of eight weeks before they can purchase any addi- tional copies. In a recently published open letter to libraries, Macmillan CEO John Sargent claims that "We are not trying to hurt li- braries; we are trying to balance the needs of the system in a new and com- plex world." However, the reality is that customers will be negatively impacted by longer wait times for ebooks, especially for popular releases from au- thors such as Nora Rob- erts, Jeffrey Archer and Liane Moriarty. With the embargo in place, up- wards of three customers will be able to check out a new ebook (for a three- week loan that OPL of- fers). Before this embar-fers). Before this embar-f go, at least 24 customers could check out one title, because multiple copies would be purchased at once to manage the de- mand. Further adding to this issue, it's significantly more expensive for li- braries to buy an ebook than a physical book. For example, a hardcover copy of Jeffrey Archer's Nothing Ventured cur- rently retails for $25 at In- digo, yet one ebook li- cense will cost Oakville Public Library $60 when purchased from Macmil- lan Publishers. This par- ticular ebook may only be checked out 52 times - or for two years after pur-for two years after pur-f chase, whichever comes first - before the libraryfirst - before the libraryf must purchase a new li- cense. It's time to take a stand against the publisher's decision to limit access to e-content. Oakville Public Libr- ary is inviting those who share these concerns spread the word on social media using the hashtag #eContentForLibraries to demand that major publishers work with li- braries to establish fair pricing models that bene- fit everyone. fit everyone. f Learn more at opl.ca/ news. OPINION LIBRARY JOINS FIGHT AGAINST ACCESS RESTRICTIONS ON EBOOKS CUSTOMERS WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, WRITES OPL OAKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM Right Choice{ }CarPlacePrice}e Find what you're looking for, in the location you want, for the price you want to pay! Catch a Great Deal! Browse our inventory of vehicles by Body Style, popular Makes and Models, Province, popular Cities or by Price. Whatever path you choose, you will find the right car, in the right location, for the right price!