Core Ebooks Interest Group

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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 Update

    Posted 13 days 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 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

     

     

    Michael Blackwell

    Director, St Mary's County Library

    23630 Hayden Farm Lane

    Leonardtown, MD 20650

    301-475-2151 x5013

    Cell phone:  301-904-3048

    mblackwell@stmalib.org

     

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