ALA, Ebooks, and Digital Content: What’s Next?
Speaker: Clifford Lynch
Speaker: Nate Hill
Speaker: Rebecca Kennison
Speaker: Robert Wolven
Speaker: Sari Feldman
The Co-chairs and other leaders of ALA’s Digital Content Working Group (DCWG) will summarize recent activities and talk about the strategy and plans for the future. A couple of featured speakers will provide perspectives on improving ebook access through libraries. One key theme will be how to engage authors to ensure that their ebooks are available in libraries. The session will focus on the topics included in the recently released American Libraries digital supplement “Digital Content: What’s Next?” Copies of the digital supplement will be available at the session.