Update on Recent ALA Digital Content & Libraries Initiative/Digital Content Working Group (DCWG) Activities
The following update was shared at the ALA Executive Board Meeting on October 27, 2012 and was recently posted on the ALA web site. It includes a review of recent activities and a look at some of what’s ahead.
Many of the items included in the update were reported on by infoDOCKET. We’ve listed a few of them below the embedded document.
Ebd12 8 Digital Content Update Fall12
+ Report: EBook Business Models for Public Libraries
Full Text Document
+ Streaming Audio: Expert Panel Discusses E-Books and Libraries on NPR
Listen Online
+ “EBook Business Models for Public Libraries”
Full Text Document
+ ALA President Maureen Sullivan Sends Open Letter to Publishers Re: Refusal to Sell eBooks To Libraries
Read the Full Text Letter
+ ALA President Talks to Publishers at AAP Event in NYC
Filed under: Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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