............and while I'm on the subject, there are some hard working EFDSS members who are not sitting at their computers pontificating about what other people should be doing for their benefit, but sitting at their computers getting on with really useful volunteer work making library content universally accessible.

My colleagues Lewis Jones and Flos Headford have been transcribing loads of the Take 6 Project content into useable alternative formats - all by the sweat of their brow, unpaid - and the fruits of their labours all freely available.

A good starting point to check it out would be this page on Folkopedia


While the EFDSS has many faults (and I have my own issues about some of the gaps in their thinking and strategy) the work that is done by staff and volunteers is valuable and contributes greatly to the health of the folk arts.

You folks might consider supporting it.