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    Ocean State Libraries RFI for Sustainable Ebooks

    By: Stephen Spohn , 27 days 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 , one month 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 , one month 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 , one month 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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    User Experience Guide for accessibility metadata 2.0 ...

    By: Adina Mulliken , one month 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 , 2 months 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 , 2 months 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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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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