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    RE: Library Future's Take on Hoopla's Content Prob ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , 9 days ago

    Hi Heather, Lots of individual action is happening. Many libraries have spoken with their Hoopla reps. I wish I could say that this is producing company action. One ...

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    A look at preservation (or likely lack thereof) in ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , 19 days ago

    Hello ebook aficionados, Happy New Year! Sorry for any xpostings on this one, but Tony Ageh, Michael Bayler, Chris Durlacher and Julian Turner have taken ...

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    Looking for a Core Ebooks Interest Group Chair and ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , one month ago

    Hi all, In January, I'll write the half-year update on the activities of this group. So far, that has been to submit a proposal for ALA for a Friday program ...

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    Ocean State Libraries RFI for Sustainable Ebooks

    By: Stephen Spohn , 2 months ago

    Ocean State Libraries welcomes responses from library ebook suppliers to its RFI for Sustainable Ebooks . Cheers! Steve ------------------------------ ~~ Stephen Spohn (He/Him/His), ...

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    What Banned Book Would You Highlight and Yay, NJ

    By: Michael Blackwell , 2 months ago

    Hi, Ebook Aficionados, DPLA invites submission for Banned Books to which you'd like to bring special attention. These titles might be a little lesser known than the ...

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    Law article on library ebooks

    By: Michael Blackwell , 2 months ago

    Hello all, Thanks to Jeremy Johannessen of COSLA for sharing this article. I caution up front that it is a VERY deep dive (38 pages); however, if you'd like ...

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    RE: "Untapped Potential": An Important Study of Library ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 months ago

    Hello again, More news. Viva, CDL! Thanks, BLC October 09, 2024 Marc Hoffeditz of Boston Library Consortium (BLC) has shared very interesting ...

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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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