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    User Experience Guide for accessibility metadata 2.0 ...

    By: Adina Mulliken , 21 hours ago

    I am just forwarding this. I hope it reaches people working on metadata and accessibility. Adina Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:34:07 -0600 From: via athen-list < athen-list@u.washington.edu ...

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    PW's Freedom to Read Issue worth a look

    By: Michael Blackwell , 19 days ago

    Hi all, This post isn't specific to ebooks (although we did see OverDrive banned in a Texas library), but, if you haven't seen it, Publishers Weekly 's Freedom to Read ...

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    How Much Does Obama's Summer Reading List Cost a L ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , 28 days ago

    Hello, Ebook Aficionados, Laura Crossett and Jennie Rose Halperin posed this interesting question, so we looked into it. Turns out-no surprise to folks on this ...

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    Does Digital Ownership Matter for Libraries? Let's ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , 28 days ago

    Hi all, Hope you'll join me for a discussion of this question! Does Digital Ownership Matter for Libraries? Let's talk About It September 09, 2024 ...

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    Writing Opportunity: Propose a Topic for the ITAL "From ...

    By: Cindi Blyberg , one month ago

    Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) , the quarterly open-access journal published by ALA's Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures division, is looking for contributions ...

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    Price Increases from three of the Big 5

    By: Michael Blackwell , one month ago

    Hello library ebook aficionados, Carmi Parker and other members of the ReadersFirst Working Group have noticed that some prices seemed to be going up. They investigated. ...

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    "Groundbreaking Agreement Provides Libraries with Permanent ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , one month ago

    Hi all, Chalk one up in the Good News category; libraries now have the right to OWN rather than just license content . "The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) ...

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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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