[Libs-Or] Getting Ebooks in Libraries: Register Now for the Virtual Town Hall

[Diedre Conkling]

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/09/getting-ebooks-libraries-register-now-virtual-town-hall/

Getting Ebooks in Libraries: Register Now for the Virtual Town Hall
Posted on September 24, 2013 by Jazzy Wright

For the past two years, the American Library Association has worked with
publishers, authors and vendors to advocate for fair library ebooks lending
practices. Now, ALA leaders are encouraging others to join the ebook
library lending discussion by registering for the American Library
Association's Virtual Town Hall on
Ebooks<https://alapublishing.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=alapublishing&service=6&rnd=0.3694611810376638&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Falapublishing.webex.com%2Fec0606l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1004341036%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dalapublishing>,
an interactive online session that will take place from 11 a.m.- noon
Central time, Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Register
now.<https://alapublishing.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=alapublishing&service=6&rnd=0.3694611810376638&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Falapublishing.webex.com%2Fec0606l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1004341036%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dalapublishing>

Town hall participants will have the opportunity to join ALA President
Barbara Stripling, Immediate Past President Maureen Sullivan, and the
leadership of the ALA's Digital Content Working Group
<http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/working-group-libraries-and-digital-content-0>(DCWG)
to learn about ALA ebook activities, plans and future directions. Panelists
will provide views on the current digital publishing climate and discuss
ways that ALA can better advocate for important library interests.

The virtual town hall also will explore emerging subjects in the ebook
lending arena, including digital preservation, self-publisher engagement
and libraries as publishers. An audience question-and-answer period will
immediately follow the panel discussion.

Panelists include:

   - Barbara Stripling, ALA president;
   - Maureen Sullivan, ALA immediate past president;
   - Keith Michael Fiels, ALA executive director;
   - Sari Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library
   and DCWG co-chair;
   - Robert Wolven, associate university librarian of Columbia University
   and DCWG co-chair;
   - Alan S. Inouye, director of ALA's Office for Information Technology
   Policy.

Register now<https://alapublishing.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=alapublishing&service=6&rnd=0.3694611810376638&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Falapublishing.webex.com%2Fec0606l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1004341036%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dalapublishing>






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*Diedre Conkling**
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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