Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:06:32 -0500
From: Rick Lugg <rlugg_at_conknet.com>
Subject: eBooks for Libraries: New Web Site
EBOOKS FOR LIBRARIES: MAPPING A NEW WORLD
This half-day professional development workshop is presented by Rick Lugg
and Ruth Fischer of R2 Consulting, and is intended for librarians,
publishers, book vendors, and library system vendors--anyone interested in
the issues related to eBooks and libraries. These workshops will be
conducted in a number of locations throughout the coming months. A full
workshop description, along with scheduling and registration information,
can be found at www.ebookmap.net
Space is still available for these upcoming sessions--please register soon
if you're interested:
February 23rd in Cambridge, MA.
February 28th in New York City.
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TODAY'S EBOOK TIP: Check out this article from the Washington Post, about
Pat Schroeder, the AAP, and Librarians...
HERE'S AN EXCERPT:
"Of all the dangerous and dot-complex problems that American publishers face
in the near future -- economic downturns, competition for leisure time,
piracy -- perhaps the most explosive one could be libraries. Publishers and
librarians are squaring off for a battle royal over the way electronic books
and journals are lent out from libraries and over what constitutes fair use
of written material.
Grossly oversimplified: Publishers want to charge people to read material;
librarians want to give it away.
"We," says Schroeder, "have a very serious issue with librarians."
HERE'S THE LINK:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/books/A36584-2001Feb7.html
[Original Source: Publishers Lunch, an excellent electronic newsletter.]
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Rick Lugg
R2 Consulting
63 Woodwell's Garrison
Contoocook, NH 03229
E-Mail: rick_at_r2consulting.org
Phone: 603-746-5991
FAX: 603-746-6052
Received on Sat Feb 24 2001 - 17:22:34 EST