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Today I had a great conversation with Cathy Anson, Director of Sponsored Research and Ruth Connell, Head Collection Management and Systems Administration, Grasselli Library at John Carroll University.  They are the researchers behind the ARL Spec Kit 313 - E-book Collections.  Cathy and Ruth discussed the survey findings, including the biggest surprises and some notable […]

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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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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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Bowker and AAP sponsored a webinar today on US Consumer Book Buying.  It was incredibly well organized and full of good data.  My notes and comments are included below.
Speakers

Tina Jordan (AAP)  moderator
Kelly Gallagher (Bowker) speaker

2009 data, first 6 months, based on what consumer is buying/reading

2008 - e-commerce the dominant channel for book sales, beating out […]

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Tish Wilson from ebrary just emailed me this press release:
CIBER Opens Global Library Survey in Conjunction with Charleston Conference, ebrary, and YBP
September 28, 2009 – London, UK – The CIBER research group at University College London (UCL) today invited all libraries to participate in an international survey examining challenges, trends, and best practices in tough […]

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From a Bowker Press Release -
Bowker and AAP Will Host Webinar on Consumer Book Buying
“The Big Picture” Will Highlight 2009 Consumer Demographics and Behavior
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ–(Marketwire - September 22, 2009) - Who is today’s book consumer, where are they shopping and how successful are we at reaching them will be the subject of a forthcoming […]

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I received this press release today from ebrary.
YBP to Co-Sponsor CIBER’s Library Survey with ebrary, Results to be Announced at Charleston Conference
September 22, 2009 – Charlotte, NC –Baker & Taylor’s YBP Library Services today announced that it is co-sponsoring CIBER’s library survey with ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies. Based on […]

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The IDPF released May statistics on eBook sales.  They are up $197%, approximately 23 million in revenues.  See the IDPF site for the detailed stats.

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June 29, 2009–Palo Alto, CA, USA–ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced that it has developed new COUNTER-compliant usage statistics that make it easier for customers to view and analyze how e-books and other electronic materials are being used.  ebrary will showcase its new granular reports at ALA Annual (booth […]

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