Ebook Friday Is Returning

Ebook Friday is once again back at ALA Annual, this year led by Micah May and Ellen Paul.

It will be June 24 from 9 am to 3 pm.

Here’s a (for now, very!) tentative agenda. Lots of news and advocacy of interest. Coffee and pastries will be provided in the morning, and we will have a lunch break.

Hope to see you there!

Presentations and discussions:

9 - 9:10 Welcome

9:10 - 9:50 (Kyle Courtney) Legislative & Policy efforts / updates (Ebook study group, updates from states pursuing legislation)

CT- Ellen Paul

NJ - Jennie Pu

IL - Monica Harris or Kate Hall

MN - Sherry Wichitchu

RI - Julie from Cranston

9:50-10:10 Briefing: (Michael and Carmi) ReadersFirst (Michael on lead)

Updated pricing research

What is “reasonable”?

10:10-10:30 Briefing: ULC eAction team (Angela) - Publisher Advocacy

Usage-base metered teams instead of time-based metered terms

Perpetual access option

10:30 - 10:40 Break

10:40-11:00 Briefing: Digital ownership

11:00 - 12:00 Rapid Briefings Lighting round [can accommodate 8-9 slots]

ARSL - Invitation/potential speaker topic to be determined.

Benetech / National Library for the Blind - Joint update on accessibility initiatives.

Boston Library Consortium / ReShare - Collaboration and resource sharing update.

Canadian Urban Library Council (CULC)

COSLA (?) - eBook Community of Practice update.

Internet Archive / Our Future Memory - Archive and digital preservation update.

Library Futures - Update on current contract work and advocacy.

Palace Project - Updates, new features, and innovation opportunities.

RAILS Transition - (Monica Harris).

12:00 - 1:00 Break for Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 Lisa Varga, ALA (Time may vary, and we hope Ms. Varga can attend)

1:30 - 2:15 Empowering libraries through the power of the purse – Collection development best practices. By creating differential holds ratios, rewarding publishers and authors offering reasonable library terms, and creating better incentives to offer fair library pricing

*10 min presentations* from three libraries who have well thought out practices,

(Amy) NYS eBook Working Group: collection development best practices

Nicole Allen, Acquisitions Librarian, Greenwich Library, CT

Jessica Russell, Assistant Director, Collectio Services, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA

15 min Discussion about how libraries can introduce this. Challenges to implementation? Patron pushback?

2:15 - 2:20 wrap up / close

2:15 - 3:00 facilitated small group “conversation”