June 2 Update: ALA Annual Ebook Friday Update

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With the passage of the Connecticut Ebook Law and New Jersey’s Ebook bill introdcued, the ALA Core Ebooks Interest Group Meeting agenda is changing (again). Please join us for an informative session!

“Ebook Friday” Agenda

June 27, 2025:

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 B C

9:00: Introduction, Ground Rules

9:05 - 9:30:  Andrew Albanese: his new site, trends in the digital market, thoughts on advocacy going forward (keynote)

 9:45 to 19:45:  Conversation: Where are we? Do we agree on the issues that need to be addressed?

 9:45-11:00 Political and other advocacy:

  • ULC and CULC: Vicky Varga, Lisa Wells, Angela Goodrich

  • Ebook Study Group: Kyle Courtney and Juliya Zuskina

  • LIbrary Futures:  Jennie Rose Halperin

  • Connecticut Ebook Bill:  Ellen Paul

  • New Jersey Ebook Bill:  Michael Maziekien

  • Q&A

 11:00  - 11:30: Conversation:  thoughts about how to move forward–laws? What is “reasonable”? Withholding funds from bad contracts? 

 11:30 to 11:45: Responses to Book Banning:

  • Books Unbanned:  Amy Mikel

  • Banned Book Club:  Micah May

11:45 to 11:55:

  • Palace update, ownership of digital content and new license models:  Micah May 

11:55 to noon:  Wrap up