Core Ebooks Interest Group

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Purpose: Provides a regular forum for discussion and to meet at Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings. Core represents a large segment of libraries and can be influential with publishers and vendors to benefit libraries and library users as the ebook landscape evolves. Core welcomes any type of library or library agency, as well as consortia, to join this group.

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Core Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group

Latest Discussion Posts

Introducing the Digital Shelf Publishing & Library ...

By: Michael Blackwell , 16 days ago

Hi all, Introducing a new free webinar series, The Digital Shelf Publishing & Library Forum , a collaborative webinar series from Lyrasis, ReadersFirst, and COSLA, that will ...
Propose a Topic for an ITAL column: "From the Field" ...

By: Shanna Hollich , 24 days ago

(apologies for cross-posting) Information Technology and Libraries ( ITAL ), the quarterly open-access journal published by ALA's Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures ...
Take a Survey, Win a PUP Book

By: Michael Blackwell , 28 days ago

Hello, Ebook Aficionados, The Princeton University Press would like to hear from public librarians, Please consider taking their survey. They will send you a book. ...
ALA-Core Ebooks Interest Group leadership change and ...

By: Micah May , 3 months ago

Hello ALA Friends, After many years of outstanding service as Chair of the ALA-Core Ebooks Interest Group, Michael Blackwell has stepped back. HUGE thanks to Michael for ...
Article Published in Computers in Libraries

By: Michael Blackwell , 4 months ago

Hi all, The ReadersFirst Working Group has published an article in Computers in Libraries . We are happy that a long follow-up study to the Monash University/our 2018 ...
LIbrary Futures Podcast on Ebooks in Libraries

By: Michael Blackwell , 5 months ago

Hello, Ebook Aficionados, Laura Crosset and Mary Needham from Library Futures are creating a podcast in three parts that will air over the next three weeks. ...
Ebooks Interest Group Agenda updated (again)

By: Michael Blackwell , 5 months ago

"Ebook Friday" Agenda June 27, 2025: Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 B C 9:00: Introduction, Ground Rules 9:05 - 9:30: Andrew Albanese: ...