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Here is another blog post from Sylvia Miller, Director of “Publishing the Civil Rights Movement” at the University of North Carolina Press, summarizing a Charleston Conference presentation.  It is reprinted with permission.  (Thanks Sylvia, you are making my job easy!)
At the Charleston Conference, I attended an all-day preconference workshop on e-books organized by Sue Polanka […]

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I attended the eBook Readers and Standards, where to next? webinar today.  My notes (done real time, please excuse typos) are below.
Speakers:  SarahRotman Epps, Forrester Analyst and Michael Smith, IDPF Executive Director

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The following summary of the Charleston Conference was written by Sylvia Miller from the University of North Carolina Press, and author of “Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement” blog.  It is reposted with permission
Trains and battleships were two of the most telling metaphors that presenters at last week’s Charleston Conference used in their attempt to […]

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Charleston Conference - eBooks, Not just another binding preconference
Increasing the discoverability of ebooks means making sure they are easy to find when users are looking for them. Increasing the visibility means placing them in the user’s workflow even when they aren’t actively looking for them. Both initiatives are vital when placing books online. In this […]

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Charleston Conference, eBooks, Not just another binding preconference
Session 4 – eBook Economics
Morgan & Claypool Publishers are famous for publishing high quality STM e-books without DRM.  As a new publisher, the company’s main focus is on ebooks rather than print.  The company’s cofounder, Mike Morgan, will speak about how this enables them to create works that […]

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Charleston Conference - eBooks, Not just another binding preconference
Session 3  - eBook Readers in Libraries
A plethora of ebook readers are coming to the market along with a wide variety of solutions for libraries to serve them. Marcus Woodburn will give an overview of the digital solutions currently available (and rumored) and a sense of how […]

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Charleston Conference - eBooks, Not just another binding preconference
Session 2 – eBooks and Libraries:  Workflow & Cataloging Issues
Implementing ebooks in a traditional print environment presents different challenges and opportunities.  Cataloging, workflow integration, content discovery, vendors and licensing agreements, budgeting, and patron driven acquisition issues will be discussed along with practical advice from librarians.
Lisa Sibert, University […]

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Results of CIBER study on library finances, presented by Mark Kendall of YBP and Christopher Warnock of ebrary.
These notes were done on the fly, forgive any typos.
Demographics:

589 responses
71% academic libraries responded - most in north america (was Mexico in the NA grouping?), 55% USA
87% members of consortium

Financial outlook

 420 responses
libraries with budgets of less than 2 […]

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Yesterday at the Charleston Conference we hosted a preconference on eBooks, titled “eBooks: Not just another binding.”  Carolyn Morris from Coutts, James Galbraith from OCLC, Janet Fischer from PCG Industries, and Sue Polanka from Wright State University organized the preconference.  There were 5 sessions on a variety of topics.  The discussion was great, questions were […]

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Thanks to TeleRead for the heads up on this one.
eBook  Readers and Standards…..Where to Next?
Webinar, November 18th, 11:00 EST
Speakers:  Michael Smith, Director of the IDPF and Sarah Rotman Epps, eBook Market Analyst at Forrester
As the eBook market rapidly unfolds, it seems to get more complex by the day. Publishers are struggling to adapt as competitive […]

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