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    Collection Survey--get a free book.

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 days ago

    Claire Kelley at independent publisher Seven Stories Press (she is also a MLIS student at San Jose State University) has created a survey to better understand the needs and preferences ...

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    RE: Ebook Friday Agenda

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 days ago

    Claire Kelley at independent publisher Seven Stories Press (she is also a MLIS student at San Jose State University) has created a survey to better understand the needs and preferences ...

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    Call for Proposals: new "ITAL &" column in Information ...

    By: Shanna Hollich , 22 days ago

    (Please excuse cross-posting) Information Technology and Libraries Journal (ITAL) is seeking authors for a new column titled "ITAL &". The "ITAL &" column is a non-peer-reviewed, ...

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    Ebook Friday Update

    By: Michael Blackwell , 2 months ago

    Hi all, At ALA Annual in San Diego, the CORE Ebooks Interest Group will feature the 6th Annual "Ebook Friday." Leaders in the library digital content ecosystem will ...

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    NISO standards for CDL

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 months ago

    Hi all, Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is increasingly being used in libraries, so it's high time we started developing standards for how it can be best be used. NISO ...

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    Connecticut op-ed

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 months ago

    Hi all, Carmi Parker has forwarded this op-ed from the sponsors of the Connecticut Fair Ebooks bill. It makes for powerful reading. https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/opinion-e-books-interfere-libraries-core-18695477.php ...

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    An ebook advocacy site

    By: Michael Blackwell , 4 months ago

    Hi all, Library Futures has launched the ebooksforus site, creating a fun way to explore a problem that is very far from fun: the Big 5 Publishers' (and many other ...

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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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