Ebooks at ALA Midwinter 2017

Meetings & Presentations

*All times in Eastern Standard Time

Friday, January 20

• Meeting: SimplyE for Consortia Advisory Group

• Time: 9:00am - 10:30am

• Location: Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Room B216

• Meeting: Open content discussion (OPEN)

• Time: 10:30-12:00

• Location: Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Room B216

• Description: Unstructured discussion for people working on open access collections

• Meeting: ASCLA Consortial Interest Ebook Group

• Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm

• Location: Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Room B216

Saturday, January 21

• Meeting: LEAP Partners
  • Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Location: Atlanta-Fulton Central Library
  • Proposed Agenda

• Meeting:  Digital Content Working Group

  • Time:  4:30 - 7:00
  • Location: Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Room A303
  • Description: We will discuss and coordinate DCWG work for the next year. Note:  we are interested in adding members who are experienced and passionate about “Improving the User Experience” and “Digital Preservation.”

• Open eBooks Partner Meeting

• Time: 5:30-7:00 PM

• Location Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) - TBD

• Description: Face to face Open eBooks partner meeting to discuss product roadmap, publisher policy, and other action items.

Sunday, January 22

• Presentation: Charting Libraries’ Digital Futures: A Conversation with New York Public Library’s Anthony W. Marx

  • Participants: Anthony Marx, NYPL

  • Time: 10:30am - 11:30am

  • Location: Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Room A411/A412b

• Presentation: "Bridging the Digital Divide with Open eBooks"
  • Participants: Michelle Bickert, DPLA; James English, NYPL; Baker & Taylor; Clever
  • Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
  • Location: Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) Room A403
• Panel: Collude! Resist! Collaborate! Ebook Strategies for the Modern Revolutionary
  • Participants: Veronda Pitchford, RAILS; Paula MacKinnon, Califa; Steve Spohn, MLS, Mitchell Davis, BiblioLabs
  • Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
  • Location: A411/A412b