From: Carol Diedrichs <diedrichs.1_at_osu.edu>
The University of Michigan, Ohio State University, Blackwell’s Book Services,
the OCLC Institute and OCLC’s Digital & Preservation Cooperative are pleased
to co-sponsor
E-Book 2003: Print Collections, e-Books & Beyond
On May 8 & 9, 2003 in Dublin, Ohio, users, creators, and critics of e-books
will gather to examine how e-books have impacted the library
and publishing environments. At the Ann Arbor e-books conference
in 2001, a number of speakers presented different visions of the
extent, timing and market-readiness for the proliferation of
e-books. In some cases, the market has spoken and in others the
jury is still out. What more do we now understand about the academic
and popular market for e-books?
Speakers and panelists will address the following questions:
What are the cost components of producing and managing e-books,
including conversion, metadata, marketing, systems management,
library and end-user costs? How do these costs compare with
producing, distributing, accessing and archiving scholarly
information in the traditional print mode?
To what extent are faculty and students making use of e-books
and how does this use compare to the experience of reading print? What
do readers like about access to e-resources in general and
what are barriers to e-books becoming a predominant technology
for scholarly communication or recreational reading?
A number of research libraries, university presses, and
commercial content providers have converted significant portions
of their legacy collections and backlists to make them accessible
in electronic form. How are these historic corpora being used
by scholars and popular readers and is there a business model in
place for these efforts to encourage further conversation?
Keynote Speaker: Bill Hill, Microsoft Research. A former
journalist with The Scotsman, Bill Hill became involved in the
emerging field of desk-top publishing in the mid-1980's, as one of
the five founding employees of Aldus Corporation's European
operations. Shortly after Aldus was taken over by Adobe in 1994, Hill was
approached by Microsoft, and was offered the job of running the
company's typography group. Since 1998, Hill has been working in
Microsoft Research on the electronic books project, specializing in
screen readability. An avid reader, Bill Hill is an outspoken
advocate of e-Books as a tool for increasing literacy throughout the world.
Registration information, costs, the conference agenda and contact
information are available at
http://www.oclc.org/institute/events/ebc.
For further information please contact Amy Lytle, Grants & Education
Coordinator, Digital & Preservation Cooperative at
(800) 848-5878 x5212
or via e-mail at amy_lytle_at_oclc.org
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Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Professor
Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections
Editor, Library Collections, Acquisitions
and Technical Services
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-4738
fax: 614-292-7859
Internet: diedrichs.1_at_osu.
Received on Sat Mar 08 2003 - 03:09:38 EST