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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007
From: Rick Lugg (R2 Consulting) <rick_at_r2consulting.org>
Subject: Updated ALA Meeting Announcement
EBOOK PROSPECTS: 2007
Last June in New Orleans, the ALCTS Acquisitions Managers and Vendors
Interest Group hosted a session on eBooks for Libraries. Tom Sanville
of OhioLINK moderated a panel consisting of representatives from ebrary,
netLibrary, Blackwell's and YBP. This June, our group will again
explore the prospects for eBook adoption in libraries, with another
excellent panel:
Moderator:
Steve Bosch, Materials, Budget & Procurement Librarian, University of
Arizona
Panelists:
James Gray, President/CEO, Ingram Digital Group & MyiLibrary
Kari Paulson, President, EBL (E-Book Library)
Olaf Ernst, Director, E-Content Development, Springer Publishing
Nader Qaimari, Senior Director, Gale Virtual Reference Library
Chris Thorpe, CEO, Knovel Corporation
The moderator will provide a 15-20 minute overview of the current state
of eBooks in academic libraries: platforms, delivery models, desirable
characteristics, barriers to adoption. Following that, the panelists
will each have 5-10 minutes to describe their company's perspective on
how eBook services will evolve. These are not intended to be formal
presentations or demos, but rather comments on strategy--a verbal
outline of where each sees the market going, and how their firm plans
to influence or respond to that direction.
Then the moderator will pose some questions, and invite the audience to
join the discussion. The intent is to allow maximum interaction. We hope
to focus on ideas that would help remove barriers to adoption, to
encourage experimentation, and ultimately to discern some useful next
steps.
DATE: Sunday, June 24, 2007
TIME: 1:30-3:30 PM
LOCATION: DoubleTree Washington -- Terrace East
We hope to see you there!
Rick Lugg
R2 Consulting LLC
PO Box 307
63 Woodwell's Garrison
Contoocook, NH 03229
rick_at_r2consulting.org
603-746-5991
603-746-6052 FAX
www.r2consulting.org
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