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    Ebook Friday Update

    By: Michael Blackwell , 17 hours 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 , 26 days 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 , one month 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 , 2 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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    Jobs of interest to people on this list

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 months ago

    Hi all, I've never thought of using this site to advertise jobs, but these two would be of interest to people who are concerned about library digital content. I can ...

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    Webinar of Interest

    By: Michael Blackwell , 3 months ago

    Hi all, This webinar should be interesting. I hope you will consider attending. It's free! 😊 Collaborating for Access: Libraries and Independent ...

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    Ebook Friday is on and Toward a digital library ownership ...

    By: Michael Blackwell , 4 months ago

    Hi everyone, It looks as if Ebook Friday is on for ALA Annual 2024 in beautiful San Diego. If you are attending, hope to see you there! Please see the blog ...

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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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