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. This is expansion of R2's
session at the Charleston Library Conference in November. We'll present an
overview and 3D interactive "map" of the emerging eBook industry, with an
emphasis on scholarly publishing and libraries. We'll highlight the
relationships between various technologies, companies, and bodies of
content, and provide context to help distinguish hype and reality in this
new world.
DATE: Thursday June 14, 2001
TIME: 9AM - 12 NOON (Continental breakfast from 8-9)
PLACE: Sir Francis Drake Hotel (Union Square)
450 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA
JOIN US AS WE EXPLORE:
---PC-based Readers (such as Microsoft Reader, Adobe eBook Reader, and TK3)
---PDA-based readers (Peanut Reader, Aportis, MS Reader for Pocket PC)
---Dedicated eBook Devices (RCA REB 1100, Franklin eBookMan, hiebook,
goReader)
---Web-based Readers/Collections (netLibrary Online Reader, Questia, ebrary)
---Print On Demand
---Size and Potential of the eBook Market
---Conversion, Hosting, and Digital Distribution of Book Content
---Initiatives of Major Publishers (iPublish, atRandom, Wiley, Oxford,
Cambridge)
---Independent ePublishers (LiveReads, Denlinger's, Online Originals)
---New Publishing Models for eBooks (Slate, Contentville, BN.com, Wall
Street Journal)
---Standards for eBook Content (OeB/XML; EBX/PDF)
---Rights Management Issues and Solutions (DRM; Digital Watermarking;
Gnutella/Freenet)
---Opportunities for Libraries, Book Vendors, Publishers, and Library System
Vendors
PRICE: $150 (includes Continental Breakfast)
REGISTER ONLINE at: www.ebookmap.net
QUOTE: "R2 presented an outstanding session at Charleston on how to map and
make sense of all the e-book players, announcements, and hype. It was the
best thing I've seen on e-books." --Tom Peters, Director, Center for Library
Initiatives, CIC
Thanks--I'll look forward to hearing from you.
Rick
Rick Lugg
R2 Consulting
63 Woodwell's Garrison
Contoocook, NH 03229
e: rick_at_r2consulting.org
v: 603-746-5991
f: 603-746-6052
w: www.ebookmap.net
Received on Tue Apr 24 2001 - 09:16:15 EDT