Core Ebooks Interest Group

Hello, everyone,

At our Zoom meeting last Wednesday, the participants agreed that if ALA Annual 2022 is in-person, they would like to see Ebooks Friday come back. What is Ebooks Friday?  For several years before the pandemic, this group reserved a room for most of the Friday before the conference for first us and then other interested groups to meet. ReadersFirst, SimplyE, etc. held open forums that anyone interested in library digital discussion groups could attend to meet others, keep up with happenings, and plan activities/advocacy.

The call for pre-conference meetings hasn't come yet  When it does, I shall ask for a room.

If you would like to have a digital-content related meeting for a certain group of stakeholders-for example, consortial ebooks interest members, Joint Digital Content Working Group, whatever-let me know and we'll get something scheduled.

We'll plan for this group to meet that day.  If the conference is in-person, we shall still try to offer a virtual attendance option since a number of people have raised concerns about getting funding to attend in-person

All best,

Michael

Michael Blackwell

Director, St Mary's County Library

23630 Hayden Farm Lane

Leonardtown, MD 20650

301-475-2151 x5013

Cell phone:  301-904-3048

mblackwell@stmalib.org

I would definitely be interested in a consortial eBooks interest group meeting, to continue the conversation about topics of interest specifically to consortia.

At this point, I am unsure as to whether I would attend in person or virtually.

Thanks,

Will

Will Stuivenga (he, him, his)

Cooperative Projects Manager, Library Development

Washington State Library | Office of the Secretary of State

6880 Capitol Blvd SE, Tumwater, WA 98501

O: 360-704-5217 | F: 360-586-7575 | E: Will.Stuivenga@sos.wa.gov

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Hello, everyone,

At our Zoom meeting last Wednesday, the participants agreed that if ALA Annual 2022 is in-person, they would like to see Ebooks Friday come back. What is Ebooks Friday?  For several years before the pandemic, this group reserved a room for most of the Friday before the conference for first us and then other interested groups to meet. ReadersFirst, SimplyE, etc. held open forums that anyone interested in library digital discussion groups could attend to meet others, keep up with happenings, and plan activities/advocacy.

The call for pre-conference meetings hasn't come yet  When it does, I shall ask for a room.

If you would like to have a digital-content related meeting for a certain group of stakeholders-for example, consortial ebooks interest members, Joint Digital Content Working Group, whatever-let me know and we'll get something scheduled.

We'll plan for this group to meet that day.  If the conference is in-person, we shall still try to offer a virtual attendance option since a number of people have raised concerns about getting funding to attend in-person

All best,

Michael

Michael Blackwell

Director, St Mary's County Library

23630 Hayden Farm Lane

Leonardtown, MD 20650

301-475-2151 x5013

Cell phone:  301-904-3048

mblackwell@stmalib.org