Registration Open for Online Conference: Ebooks in Libraries

[Christine Peterson]

Title: Ebooks in Libraries: An Update<http://www.amigos.org/ebooks_in_libraries>
When: Monday November 16, 2015
Where: Online
Amigos Members: Admission is free!
Non-Members: Register by November 2nd for Early Bird Pricing

Libraries have been working with ebooks for a number of years now and in a variety of ways. The landscape, however, has continued to shift - sometimes under our feet. It is time to take a day to assess where we are.

Some libraries work within the limitations of existing services, providing exceptional value for their communities. Others create their own services from scratch, while still others take advantage of both scenarios. What are you doing to enhance your ebook services? Have you studied your statistics, run user or usability studies, tried an assortment of marketing techniques? Have you created partnerships or worked with specific groups? Gone "where no library has gone before?" Your experiences could help other libraries.

Sessions include topics to tempt public, academic, and special libraries:

*         Two sessions on Demand-Driven Acquisition - one a 4-year evaluation of use at their library and the other assessing the short-term DDA model.

*         How a library worked with a vendor to present sessions to other libraries, but had the unintended consequence of nudging the vendor to make changes to their interface.

*         Thoughts from a public librarian on subscription-based ebook platforms like Freading/Freegal, Hoopla, and Total Boox.

*         How two library with space limitations have used ebooks as a way to keep pace with the needs of their communities.

*         Description and evaluation of a public library that provides one-on-one ebook assistance for their patrons.

*         New way to enliven the classics through the 50 x 50 campaign.

*         Overview and demonstration of Amigos' new ebook project, the Amigos eShelf Service, which will be available to all libraries in November.

Online conference sessions will run 45 minutes each throughout the day. Recordings will be available to attendees after the conference.

If you have questions, contact Christine Peterson at 800-843-8482 ext 2891 or peterson at amigos.org<mailto:peterson at amigos.org>.


Christine Peterson
800-843-8482 x 2891 | 972-340-2891 (direct)
peterson at amigos.org<mailto:peterson at amigos.org>

Ebooks in Libraries: An Update
Online Conference
November 16, 2015
Register<https://www.amigos.org/civicrm/event/register?id=673&reset=1>

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