Ebooks at DPLAfest 2017

All times are in Central Daylight Time. For full schedule, visit https://dplafest2017.sched.com/. 

Wednesday, April 19

• 6:00pm - SimplyE for Consortia Advisory Group Dinner 
  • 312 Chicago (http://www.312chicago.com/) 
    136 N LaSalle Dr, Chicago, IL 60602
  • RSVP to Michelle

Thursday, April 20

• 10:45 - SimplyE: Creating a Library-Owned Ebook Solution (Presentation)
  • James English, NYPL & Luke Swarthout, NYPL
  • 8th Floor Meeting Room, CPL
• 1:00-3:00 - Maximizing Open Access to Ebooks (Working Group)
  • Michelle Bickert, DPLA & Valerie Horton, Minitex
  • 8th Floor Meeting Room, CPL
• 3:30-5:30 - Building the Library E-Content Access Project (Working Group)
  • Luke Swarthout, NYPL; James English, NYPL; Michelle Bickert, DPLA
  • 3rd Floor Meeting Room, CPL

Friday, April 21

• 9:00 - Partners in Econtent Discovery: Libraries, Publishers, and Vendors Oh My! (Panel)
  • Mitchell Davis, BiblioLabs; Lauren Klouda, Independent Publishing Group; Veronda Pitchford, RAILS; Andrew Medlar, Chicago Public Library
  • 8th Floor Meeting Room, CPL
• 10:15 - Reimagining the Digital Monograph: Improving the Discovery and Use of Scholarly Ebooks (Presentation)
  • Alex Humphreys & Ron Snyder, JSTOR Labs
  • Chicago Authors Room (7th floor), CPL
• 11:30 - Annotation and Collaborative Engagement: Lessons for Library Publishing and the Classroom (Panel)
  • Rebecca Welzenbach, University of Michigan Library; Heather Staines; Arti Walker-Peddakotla
  • Chicago Authors Room (7th Floor), CPL