ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 11, Number 86
November 1, 2002

In This Issue: Announcing E-book pre-conference program and dialogue!

As you make your plans for the Philadelphia Midwinter conference, plan to attend "Making E-books Work: Librarians and Publishers Exchange Needs and Solutions," a pre-conference where publishers and librarians get a chance to "walk in each other's shoes." 

At the program, librarians and publishers will discuss the challenges and opportunities in integrating e-books in public and academic libraries. Librarians will discuss e-book library functions including lending and user services.  Publishers will describe the challenges of producing and marketing e-books including negotiating with authors/agents and managing use statistics. There will be ample time for active Q&A throughout the program. Help explore and define e-book publishing and library models that work for everyone, most importantly the library user!

Speakers include:

Karen Coyle, California Digital Library
Chris North, HarperCollins
Mark Beatty, Wisconsin Interlibrary Loan Service
Robin Bryan, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Gwen Jones, John Wiley

To register, check out http://www.ala.org/events/midwinter2003/registration.html

Making E-books Work: Librarians and Publishers Exchange Needs and Solutions
Thursday, January 23rd, 2003
9am to 5pm
Place TBA
Lunch included!

Fees: 	
$25 for ALA and division members
$35 for non-members
$15 for students and retirees

Note: Hotel information is also available by clicking on the registration link above.  This program is sponsored by ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy and the Open e-Book Forum.



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