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RE: IndieLib 2025 is on

Posted By Michael Blackwell Feb 13, 2025 12:27 PM
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Oh, to avoid the small fee (less than $45), use this code: librarianfree Hope to see you there! Michael

IndieLib 2025 is on

Posted By Michael Blackwell Feb 13, 2025 12:20 PM
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Hi all, While the program isn't final yet, IndieLib 2025 is scheduled for April 16 in Manhattan at the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at New York University (139 MacDougal St. Room 408, New York, NY 10012), and you can attend without paying the (very small) conference fee. Here's a ...

RE: Library Future's Take on Hoopla's Content Problem

Posted By Michael Blackwell Feb 05, 2025 08:26 AM
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Here's a link to the article I mentioned: https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-slop-is-already-in-your-public-library-3/ (Disclosure--I am quoted in it.) Here's a message about the article from Library Future's CEO Jennie Rose Halperin. LF has created media interest in the issue. "It's pretty well-done ...

RE: Library Future's Take on Hoopla's Content Problem

Posted By Michael Blackwell Jan 10, 2025 12:13 PM
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Hi Heather, Lots of individual action is happening. Many libraries have spoken with their Hoopla reps. I wish I could say that this is producing company action. One thing that came from the call is that Library Futures began talking with a media outlet about a story. I'm expecting a story. Perhaps ...

A look at preservation (or likely lack thereof) in the digital age, news update, and still looking for a chair

Posted By Michael Blackwell Dec 31, 2024 02:48 PM
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Hello ebook aficionados, Happy New Year! Sorry for any xpostings on this one, but Tony Ageh, Michael Bayler, Chris Durlacher and Julian Turner have taken a detailed look at the difficulties library face in preservation under currently prevailing conditions. RF has often lamented that books ...

Looking for a Core Ebooks Interest Group Chair and End of Perpetual Access Audio?

Posted By Michael Blackwell Dec 16, 2024 12:47 PM
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Hi all, In January, I'll write the half-year update on the activities of this group. So far, that has been to submit a proposal for ALA for a Friday program and plan for that event and then sharing news via emails. As part of the update, I am requested to provide the name of the next ...

Submit Your "Banned Book of the Week"

Posted By Michael Blackwell Dec 04, 2024 03:19 PM
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Hi all, The Digital Public Library of America sponsors the Banned Books Club. Through the Palace app (library card not needed for this function), people including teens can read thousands of challenged/banned books. They invite librarians to submit reviews of their favorite challenged books to ...

What Banned Book Would You Highlight and Yay, NJ

Posted By Michael Blackwell Oct 30, 2024 01:49 PM
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Hi, Ebook Aficionados, DPLA invites submission for Banned Books to which you'd like to bring special attention. These titles might be a little lesser known than the most frequently banned ones, but very much worthy of attention. You can submit selections here. In other news, the Banned Books Club ...

Law article on library ebooks

Posted By Michael Blackwell Oct 23, 2024 10:54 AM
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Hello all, Thanks to Jeremy Johannessen of COSLA for sharing this article. I caution up front that it is a VERY deep dive (38 pages); however, if you'd like a legal perspective on state efforts to promote a fair library ebook market, it is worth a read. https://www.aallnet.org/wp-c ...

RE: "Untapped Potential": An Important Study of Library Digital Lending

Posted By Michael Blackwell Oct 09, 2024 02:22 PM
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Hello again, More news. Viva, CDL! Thanks, BLC October 09, 2024 Marc Hoffeditz of Boston Library Consortium (BLC) has shared very interesting news: the BLC "is pleased to announce the release of a new report, ReShare CDL: Software & Workflows for Consortial CDL for ILL. This project was ...

"Untapped Potential": An Important Study of Library Digital Lending

Posted By Michael Blackwell Oct 09, 2024 01:16 PM
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Hi all, Paul Crosby (of Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University) and Tessa Barrington, Airlie Lawson, and Rebecca Giblin (of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) have released an important study of library digital lending, Untapped Potential: Results from the Australian Literary ...

PW's Freedom to Read Issue worth a look

Posted By Michael Blackwell Sep 18, 2024 09:52 AM
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Hi all, This post isn't specific to ebooks (although we did see OverDrive banned in a Texas library), but, if you haven't seen it, Publishers Weekly's Freedom to Read issue is well worth a look by anyone interested in the fight against book banning. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by ...

How Much Does Obama's Summer Reading List Cost a Library?

Posted By Michael Blackwell Sep 09, 2024 03:31 PM
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Hello, Ebook Aficionados, Laura Crossett and Jennie Rose Halperin posed this interesting question, so we looked into it. Turns out-no surprise to folks on this list--not so very much in print but a lot in digital. Read their post here. I attach a spreadsheet in case you'd like ...

How Much Does Obama's Summer Reading List Cost a Library? Attachments

Posted By Michael Blackwell Sep 09, 2024 03:31 PM
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Does Digital Ownership Matter for Libraries? Let's talk About It

Posted By Michael Blackwell Sep 09, 2024 03:23 PM
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Hi all, Hope you'll join me for a discussion of this question! Does Digital Ownership Matter for Libraries? Let's talk About It September 09, 2024 Collaborating For Access: Does Digital Ownership Matter For Libraries? Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 1p ET From the DPLA, COSLA, and ReadersFirst: ...

Price Increases from three of the Big 5

Posted By Michael Blackwell Aug 26, 2024 09:07 AM
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Hello library ebook aficionados, Carmi Parker and other members of the ReadersFirst Working Group have noticed that some prices seemed to be going up. They investigated. Carmi has posted about what they found: Price increases from three of the Big Five August 23, 2024 Some of our ...

"Groundbreaking Agreement Provides Libraries with Permanent Ownership Rights"

Posted By Michael Blackwell Aug 13, 2024 11:22 AM
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Hi all, Chalk one up in the Good News category; libraries now have the right to OWN rather than just license content. "The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) have announced a groundbreaking agreement that will transform how American libraries provide access ...

Library Future's Take on Hoopla's Content Problem

Posted By Michael Blackwell Aug 13, 2024 10:33 AM
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Hi all, The original post is well worth a read, and I do encourage it! 😊 In "Hoopla's Content Problem: Strange, Skewed Results Still Dominate Catalog," Laura Crossett and Jennie Rose Halperin document some unfortunate search returns in Hoopla's Pay-Per-use model: "in trying to offer the ...

Survey about

Posted By Michael Blackwell Jul 31, 2024 11:33 AM
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Hi all, I'm passing along a survey about digital preservation that Alan Inouye has shared with me. Please take a look and, if interested, respond. Michael Michael Blackwell Director, St Mary's County Library 23630 Hayden Farm Lane Leonardtown, MD 20650 301-475-2151 x5013 ...

Survey about Attachments

Posted By Michael Blackwell Jul 31, 2024 11:33 AM
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