"Ebook Friday" Agenda
June 27, 2025:
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 B C
9:00: Introduction, Ground Rules
9:05 - 9:30: Andrew Albanese: his new site, trends in the digital market, thoughts on advocacy going forward (keynote)
9:45 to 19:45: Conversation: Where are we? Do we agree on the issues that need to be addressed?
9:45-11:00 Political and other advocacy:
- ULC and CULC: Vicky Varga, Lisa Wells, Angela Goodrich
- Ebook Study Group: Kyle Courtney and Juliya Zuskina
- LIbrary Futures: Jennie Rose Halperin
- Connecticut Ebook Bill: Ellen Paul
- New Jersey Ebook Bill: Michael Maziekien
- Q&A
11:00 - 11:30: Conversation: thoughts about how to move forward–laws? What is "reasonable"? Withholding funds from bad contracts?
11:30 to 11:45: Responses to Book Banning:
- Books Unbanned: Amy Mikel
- Banned Book Club: Micah May
11:45 to 11:55:
- Palace update, ownership of digital content and new license models: Micah May
11:55 to noon: Wrap up