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Librarians to Talk E-book Models that Work at ALA Midwinter Meeting

Posted on January 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Libraries are taking on the e-book challenge by creating their own solutions to get e-books into the hands of library readers. Join members of the ALA Digital Content Working Group (DCWG) at the ALA Midwinter Meeting on January 26, 2013, as they examine current e-book lending systems and offer perspectives on future directions.

The e-book session—titled “Starting from Scratch: New Recipes for Ebook Models that Work”—will be held on Saturday, from 10:30–11:30a.m. in the Washington State Convention Center, room 602-3.

Led by school library coordinator and DCWG member Chris Harris, the session will include a discussion by a panel of experts in the field. Panelists will include: Califa staff members Linda Crowe and Heather Teysko as well as Jamie LaRue, director, Douglas County Libraries.

During the session, panelists will discuss the motivating forces that pushed them to create viable e-book lending solutions. The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, the leading ALA unit on e-book lending policies, will co-sponsor the session.

About Jazzy Wright

Jazzy Wright is the Press Officer of the American Library Association's Washington Office. Email her at jwright@alawash.org.

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Book Industry Panel to Discuss E-book Lending Practices at ALA Midwinter Meeting

Posted on December 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Ebooks and Libraries Session

Over the past year, the American Library Association (ALA) has taken significant steps to address the e-book library lending issue affecting libraries, including the development of an e-book business models report and the implementation of an aggressive publicity campaign, among other tactics.

On Saturday, January 26, 2013, library leaders will discuss ALA initiatives to advocate for fair e-book library lending policies during a session at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. The session, titled “E-books and Libraries: Where Do We Stand and Where Are We Going?,” will be held in the Washington State Convention Center Room 602-603 from 1:00-2:30p.m.

The session will be moderated by Digital Content Working Group member Sari Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Member Bob Wolven, associate university librarian at Columbia University, will discuss e-book licensing business models. Additionally, Alan Inouye, director of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, will discuss future directions for ALA leadership on the e-book issue.

Additionally, the session will include a leading panel of experts and practitioners from the e-book publishing ecosystem that will illuminate policy priorities for ALA going forward. Panelists include: Skip Dye, vice president, Random House; Matt Tempelis, cloud library business manager, 3M; and Jamie LaRue, director, Douglas County Libraries (Colorado).

About Jazzy Wright

Jazzy Wright is the Press Officer of the American Library Association's Washington Office. Email her at jwright@alawash.org.

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This Week: ALA Seeking Feedback on Digital Content

Posted on May 29, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The ALA’s Digital Content and Libraries Working Group, which tackles ebook-related issues, is seeking feedback from individuals who experiment with the creation, publication, and preservation of digital content. The deadline to participate in the survey is Friday, June 1, 2012.

We are looking for digitization effort experiments that can help ALA recommend policies, address issues, or promote information exchange about this emerging area.

What We Need
By Friday, June 1, 2012, email dcwg-input@ala.org with the following information:

  • A brief description of your institution’s efforts to create digital content. For instance, this might include Open Access scholarship, the co-creation of ePub files featuring local authors, or the unique gathering of local history photographs and/or oral histories.
  • Some key observations of important issues, roadblocks, and discoveries. For instance, what group of authors or publishers have you worked with directly? Which approaches do you believe to be important to your institution or our profession? At what point has your project moved from your own agency to a larger consortial environment, and why?
  • Where do you think ALA could make a difference? Have your issues been legal (dealing with copyright, for instance), technical (defining file type standards), policy (guiding documents), political within your institution or region, and/or financial (you just need more money)? Or have you found new concerns worth noting?
  • A contact email and phone if we have questions.

Our subgroup will then review the responses, meet to discuss them at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference, and then select a few key studies and issues for further examination. It is our plan to share our findings and recommendations broadly, concluding our work by the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.

Thank you for your assistance in this important investigation.

Jamie LaRue, chair, Digital Content Working Group, and director, Douglas County (Colo.) Libraries

About Jazzy Wright

Jazzy Wright is the Press Officer of the American Library Association's Washington Office. Email her at jwright@alawash.org.

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