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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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  • 1.  Ebook Friday Agenda

    Posted Jun 05, 2024 10:19 AM

    Hi all,

     

    Here's the agenda for Ebook Friday.

     

    Hope to see you.  I'll send a Zoom link as well.

     

    Michael

     

    ALA Ebook Friday Schedule

    June 28, 10 am - 2 pm, with reception to follow

     

    10:00 to 10:05    Welcome (Michael Blackwell, Micah May)

     

    10:05 - 10:20: ReadersFirst Publisher Price Watch and Publisher Studies with Carmi Parker

     

    10:20 to 10:40:  COSLA Update with Angela Stanley

     

    10:40 - 11:00:  State Library Ebook Legislative Update with Kyle Courtney

     

    11:00 - 11:30: CDL and Internet Archive Update, with Chris Freeland, Lila Bailey, Brewster Kahle, and Joe Graetz 

     

    11:30 - 11:45: Library Futures Advocacy Updates with Jennie Rose Halperin and Michele Reed

     

    11:45 - 11:55:  Break

     

    11:55 - 12:10:  Books Unbanned Update with Amy Mikel and Banned Book Club with Micah May

     

    12:10 - 12:30:  Ownership of Ebooks: The Briet Project with Maria Bustillos and Palace Project Ownership Model with Micah May 

     

    12:30 - 12:50:  Meeting the Challenge with Variable Hold Queues and other strategies with Carmi Parker, Robin Bradford, and Micah May

     

    12:50 - 1:00:  Palace Project Update (Micah)

     

    1:00 - 1:50  Indie Publishers Summit Follow-up

    •           Claire Kelley: The Indie Publisher Ebook Experience and Experiments (15 minutes)

    •           Rachel Zugschwert: The School Market Experience (10 minutes)

    •           Publishers Panel Discussion (25 minutes)

     

    1:50 - 2:00:  Final Q & A and wrap up

     

    Reception follows at 2:30 

     

    Reception follows at 2:30-4:30 pm sponsored by Ingram, DPLA/Palace 

    Fairweather Rooftop Bar, San Diego

    Event Date:  Friday June 28th, 2024

    Food sponsored by Ingram

    Drinks by DPLA/Palace and Unlimited Listens

     

     

     

     

    From: Michael Blackwell via ALA Connect <Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org>
    Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 2:41 PM
    To: Michael Blackwell <mblackwell@stmalib.org>
    Subject: Core Ebooks IG : Ebook Friday Update

     

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

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    Ebook Friday Update

    Apr 17, 2024 1:41 PM

    Michael Blackwell

    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 present projects, discuss trends, and consider possible advocacy. Presenters will include the following, and more:  A ReadersFirst update on recent publishers price increases; Amy Mikel from Brooklyn Public Library on Books Unbanned; Kyle Courtney and Yuliya Zuskina of the Ebook Study Group on state ebook laws; Jennie Rose Halperin and Michelle Reed of Library Futures on EbooksForAll; Carmi Parker of the Whatcom Library System on innovative collection models; Chris Freeland of the Internet Archive; Micah May of DPLA with a Palace Project Update, including ebook purchase rather than leasing options and the Banned Book Club; Maria Bustillos of BRIET on ebook purchasing rather than licensing; Claire Kelley from Seven Stories Press on library ebook experiments from an independent publisher; and a panel of independent publishers on the challenges and opportunities of the  library ebook market. All with an interest in a better library digital content experience are welcome to this free exploration of the challenges libraries face in meeting increasing demand sustainably.

     

    Ebook Friday will be on June 28th from 10 a.m. to 2 pm., with a gathering to follow.

     

    Hope to see you there!

     

    Michael

     

     

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  • 2.  RE: Ebook Friday Agenda

    Posted 23 days ago

    Hi,

    Could someone forward the zoom link for today?  I can't find it in my email. 

     

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  • 3.  RE: Ebook Friday Agenda

    Posted 22 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 of librarian selectors. The responses will be anonymized and shared as aggregate data and in infographics in a presentation for the members of IPC, the Independent Publishers Caucus to facilitate ongoing publisher education about the library landscape.
    Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey. As a thanks, you are welcome to choose a book you would like to receive from the sevenstories.com website and indicate the title, ISBN, and your mailing address at the end of the survey.



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