the k-12 library perspective: ebook issues and challenges
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http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/session.asp?ID=A304 with Moderator: Dick Kaser, Vice President of Content, Information Today, Inc. Chad Mairn, Chief Technology Officer, Novare Library Services Ken Roberts, CEO, Hamilton Public Library Matt Barnes, VP of Marketing, ebrary Computers in Libraries 2012TRANSCRIPT
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The K-12 Library Perspective:
eBook Issues and Challenges
Buffy J. Hamilton | The Unquiet Librarian March 2012, Computes in Libraries Conference
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access to eContent
eBook as a fundamentally
different literacy/reading
experience
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rapidly shifting eReader and eBook landscape
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funding challenges
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restrictive purchasing policies 3
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fear factors
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quantifiable data 5
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tension of competing interests/concerns between librarians and patrons in terms of eBook content and solutions
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accessibility/legal issues
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easy management of content is needed
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not all publishers are in the eBook game
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leasing vs. owning content 10
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wanted: turnkey solutions…
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…but there is no “one size fits all” solution
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scalable
solutions/models are difficult to find
and replicate
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School library eBook content providers
Big eBook content providers
eReader specific eBook content
Publisher specific eBook content
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