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eBooks and their Growing Value for Libraries Panel
Mar 22nd
Amy Pawlowski, Web App Manager at Cleveland Public Library
Sue Polanka, Head of Referene and Instruction at Wright State University Libraries, Author of No Shelf Required
Ellen Druda, Librarian, Internet Services, Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Rosemarie Jerome, Librarian, Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Bianca Crowley, Smithsonian
Amy Pawlowski & Sue Polanka
Public Library
- 72% of Public Libraries are offering eBooks (LJ report)
- 55K thousand titles in the Cleveland Public Library eBook collection
- 5% of public libraries circulate preloaded ereading devices, while 24% are considering it. Kindle was the top device.
- 1/5 of the US online population reads at least 2 books per month. How to capture that audience?
Academic Library
- 94% More >
Empowering the Reader in a Digital World
Mar 22nd
My notes from the session are below the embedded slides.
Empowering the Reader in a Digital World
View more presentations from St. Petersburg CollegeAl Carlson, Tampa Bay Library Consortium
Chad Mairn, St. Petersburg College
Program Goals:
lots of great topics coming in this session!
What’s a book?
cave paintings; babylonian tablets; scrolls; Gutenberg (Codex); tree sliced very thin covered in cardboard; Kindle (eBook)
The form of the book has changed; the book is the content, not the package.
What happens when the package undergoes a drastic change?
Cassette tape -> CD -> MP3
VHS -> DVD -> Streaming
Book -> eBook???
Diagnosing the DVD Disappointment: A Life Cycle View, Judson Coplan, The Leonard More >
eBooks Vendor pitch & Community Tagging sessions
Mar 22nd
Dick Kaser, VP Info Today (moderator)
1. Ken Breen, Director, eBook Products, EBSCO Publishing
NetLibrary
eBook in 1997. on CD-ROM. system requirements are a hoot (25Mz processor)!!
124 pg print book explained how to use the ebook.
In July, NetLibrary will be completely under EBSCO.
Purchase plans.
This tweet sums up the presentation. Vendor sales pitch.
2. Leslie Less, VP of Content Development, eBrary
another sales pitch. Walked out after it was over and switched to Community Tagging.
(Overdrive rep was on the panel later; tweets from the session on his time looked interesting)
Overdrive Tweet 1 Overdrive Tweet 2 Overdrive Tweet 3
Community Tagging session.
SOPAC at Darien Library
Tagging Solves an Access Need.
Student Assignment assisted More >
What eBook reaction best serves our patrons?
Feb 28th
What’s going to be more fruitful of our time and efforts in a response to the Harper Collins 26 eBook circ policy change? What will plan of attack will impact our patrons the most and improve their current and future eBook reading for the best?
A boycott of Harper Collins? I’m not so sure. It’s idealistic, feels good, but will it get Simon & Schuster and Macmillan to start offering eBooks to libraries (who currently don’t allow this at all)? Will it get a new model for all library eBooks created?
I’ve been following #hcod basically since its inception, before the hashtag was even created More >
Discriminating Against Libraries, 26 eBook Circs at a Time
Feb 26th
Preface: If you haven’t heard about Harper Collins’ new policy on library eBook checkout, please read these two articles from Librarian by Day and Library Journal for more information. I don’t want to repost what’s already been covered better elsewhere. Also #hcod is the hashtag on Twitter for this situation.
The situation is simply this:
In the first significant revision to lending terms for ebook circulation, HarperCollins has announced that new titles licensed from library ebook vendors will be able to circulate only 26 times before the license expires.
Librarians, readers, and authors alike are up in arms over this ludicrous policy. What about small public More >
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