Subject: Enhanced Ebooks Forum at ALA
From: "Wright, Michael E (LIB)" <michael-wright_at_uiowa.edu>
Date: 1/9/2013 2:37 PM
PVLR/ALCTS Publisher Vendor Library Relations Group Forum
Date: Monday, January 28, 2013
Time: 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Location: WSCC-TCC 304
Enhanced E-Books and Libraries
We are hearing more and more about enhanced e-books from library users,
whose expectations for e-books are often higher than the reality of what
can be delivered by our current structures. And while the demand for
e-books that go well beyond PDF is high, publishers have been slow to
deliver, and models for delivery are less than ideal. With this PVLR
discussion we will tackle the issues at hand for enhanced e-books
starting with the broadest of questions. What makes an enhanced e-book
enhanced? What challenges are libraries, publishers, and vendors facing
when it comes to developing, purchasing, and delivering e-books with
enhancements?
Join panelists Nancy Gibbs, Head of the Acquisitions Department at Duke
University Library; Susie Stroud, Director of Publisher Relations at
Credo Reference; Andrea Twiss-Brooks, Co-Director, Science Libraries
Division at the University of Chicago, and Jake Zarnegar, President,
Silverchair Information Systems for this lively discussion!
Also, please plan to attend the PVLR planning meeting on Saturday,
January 26th from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. WSCC-Room 306.
The PVLR IG creates formal and informal settings for the discussion on
issues and trends of interest to publishers, vendors, librarians, and
others concerned with the business aspects of library collections and
technical services, and highlights best practices among our constituent
groups.
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