Subject: Program Announcement: eBook Expo to cover patron driven
acquisition, discovery
From: Timothy Cherubini <timothy.cherubini_at_lyrasis.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:15:04 -0400
Program Announcement
On Tuesday, October 5th LYRASIS is hosting the 4th in its eBook Expo
series. This free event with both in-person and virtual components will
look at the timely topics of patron driven acquisition and discovery of
ebooks. Speakers include
- Samuel Klein, Wikimedia Foundation Trustee and Director of Outreach
for One Laptop Per Child;
- Mike Sweet, CEO, Credo Reference;
- Timothy Cherubini, LYRASIS, Program Director for East Region Services
and LYRASIS Shared eBook Collections Librarian
All librarians are welcome. You need not be a LYRASIS member to attend.
To register for the in-person event, click here. Space is limited.
No budget for travel? No problem! You can join us "virtually" for the
morning and afternoon programs right from your office! For virtual
access, click here.
The following LYRASIS vendor partners help make this event free and will
be on hand to discuss what their products can offer now and what to
expect in the future:
· Books24x7
· Credo Reference
· EBSCO (NetLibrary)
· Emerald Publishing
· IGI Global
· SAGE Publications
· Springer
Date: Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Time: 9:45 AM – 3:30 PM, with an optional early bird session beginning
at 8:45 am
Virtual broadcasts of the patron driven acquisitions and discovery
programs begin at 9:45 AM and 2:30 PM respectively and will run
approximately 1 hour.
Where: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
1000 Olin Way
Needham, MA 02492-1200
Directions
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
FREE to all attendees
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from experts in the field,
as well as network and collaborate with your peers. Space is limited to
60. To register, click here.
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Received on Tue Sep 14 2010 - 12:44:17 EDT