[Web4lib] What's scary about ebooks

[Chris (CE)]

Dear Colleagues,

There has been some discussion about what is scary about ebooks?

Here is a presentation that, in my opinion, explains the issue pretty well.

"ebooks: Libraries @ the tipping point" was an interesting online 
conference that occurred on September 29, 2010.

Eli Neiberger gave a brilliant 20-minute presentation outlining the 
uncomfortable position ebooks puts libraries and offering several 
solutions.

Part 1 (12 minutes): http://tinyurl.com/62rq6nm
Part 2 (8 minutes): http://tinyurl.com/6l2u2or

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Thanks,

Chris Rippel
Central Kansas Library System
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