Hi, ebook aficianados,
Ebook Friday is once again back at ALA Annual, this year led by Micah May and Ellen Paul.
It will be June 24 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Here's a (for now, very!) tentative agenda. Lots of news and advocacy of interest. Coffee and pastries will be provided in the morning, and we will have a lunch break.
Hope to see you there.
Michael Blackwell
Presentations and discussions:
9 - 9:10 Welcome
Sign up
9:10 - 9:50 (Kyle Courtney) Legislative & Policy efforts / updates (Ebook study group, updates from states pursuing legislation)
CT- Ellen Paul
NJ - Jennie Pu
IL - Monica Harris or Kate Hall
MN - Sherry Wichitchu
RI - Julie from Cranston
9:50-10:10 Briefing: (Michael and Carmi) ReadersFirst (Michael on lead)
Updated pricing research
What is "reasonable"?
10:10-10:30 Briefing: ULC eAction team (Angela) - Publisher Advocacy
Usage-base metered teams instead of time-based metered terms
Perpetual access option
10:30 - 10:40 Break
10:40-11:00 Briefing: Digital ownership
11:00 - 12:00 Rapid Briefings Lighting round [can accommodate 8-9 slots] – updates from "everyone else" (any topic / org that has not been discussed)
ARSL - Invitation/potential speaker topic to be determined.
Benetech / National Library for the Blind - Joint update on accessibility initiatives.
Boston Library Consortium / ReShare - Collaboration and resource sharing update.
Canadian Urban Library Council (CULC) - (Michael to identify speaker).
COSLA (?) - eBook Community of Practice update.
Internet Archive / Our Future Memory - Archive and digital preservation update.
Library Futures - Update on current contract work and advocacy.
Palace Project - Updates, new features, and innovation opportunities.
RAILS Transition - (Monica Harris).
12:00 - 1:00 Break for Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Lisa Varga, ALA (Time may vary, and we hope Ms. Varga can attend)
1:30 - 2:15 Empowering libraries through the power of the purse – Collection development best practices. By creating differential holds ratios, rewarding publishers and authors offering reasonable library terms, and creating better incentives to offer fair library pricing
*10 min presentations* from three libraries who have well thought out practices,
(Amy) NYS eBook Working Group: collection development best practices
Nicole Allen, Acquisitions Librarian, Greenwich Library, CT
Jessica Russell ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COLLECTION SERVICES, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA
15 min Discussion about how libraries can introduce this. Challenges to implementation? Patron pushback?
2:15 - 2:20 wrap up / close
2:15 - 3:00 facilitated small group "conversation"