[Web4lib] Announcement: LJ Webcast on eBooks in Academic Libraries

[Tom Peters]

Greetings!  
 
Library Journal is offering a free webcast about ebooks in academic and research libraries:  eBooks Take the Ivory Tower.  This promises to be an exciting and informative event, and there is no travel time or expense for you to attend.   
 
It will begin on Tuesday, November 15, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 1:00 Central, noon Mountain, and 11:00 a.m. Pacific.  
 
There is no charge to attend, but registration is required at the following URL.
 
 http://web1.media.globix.net/client/lj/2005_1115/launch.htm
 
This one-hour round-table discussion will feature three experts on the current scene and future trends in the academic ebook movment:   
Warren Holder from the University of Toronto, 
Suzanne Weiner from North Carolina State University, 
Jim Mouw from the University of Chicago.  
 
Francine Fialkoff from Library Journal will be the host, and I, Tom Peters, will facilitate the discussion.  
 
Several broad topical areas will be discussed, including:

   Trends in publishing and pricing models and agreement terms 
   Enhancements to ebooks that improve and expand usability 
   Acceptance and use by different disciplines and demographic groups 
   Managing ebook collections and the electronic/print book relationship 
   Impact of massive digitization projects, such as Google Library and the Open Content Alliance 

Library Journal is organizing this online event as the inaugural program in their new URLearning series.  The topics of future online events in the URLearning series will be announced soon.  
 
Thomson Gale and ABC-CLIO are the sponsors of this November 15th kickoff event.
 
The URL for more information is:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6271543.html
 
Everyone is welcome to attend.  There will be some online Q&A time with the panelists. 
 
Thanks.
 
Tom



Tom Peters

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