ALA Annual Ebook Friday Update

Here’s a still tentative (people are very busy!) agenda for ALA Ebook Friday. If you are coming to the ALA Annual Conference, please consider joining us!

Ebooks Interest Group

Friday, June 23, 2023 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT

Location: Hilton Chicago, International South (Note-about 1.5 miles from the Conference Center)

10-10:45:  Librarian/publisher meeting (we are inviting various publishers to attend to discuss any new developments, hear librarian concerns, and answer--respectful, please!--questions)

·         Claire Kelley, Seven Stories

·         Craig Mears, Blackstone Publishing

·         Adam Silverman, Harper Collins

10:45 – 11:15 CDL, Internet Archive, Legislative Updates

·         Chris Freeland

·         Kyle Courtney and/or Juliya Ziskina

11:15 – 12:15 Lightning Round (Hear from shakers and movers about various projects)

 ·         Every Library, John Chrastka 

·         Library Futures, Jennie Rose Halperin or Michelle Reed

·         Hold Ratio Models, Carmi Parker [Zoom]

·         A publisher that sells ebooks to libraries, Maria Bustillos [Zoom]

·         Canadian Updates:

   VPL Initiative

  Joint Task Force on eBook Sustainability for Libraries

·         Legislative Initiatives: Stacey Aldrich, State Librarian of Hawaii

·         ULC: Shari Henry, Director of Democracy and Community Impact

·         COSLA:  Karen Mellor, Chief of Library services Rhode Island

·         ReadersFirst: Publisher Price Watch (Michael) 

12:15- 12:45:  Palace Update, Micah May

12:45 – 2:00: Lunch (not provided--we're leaving time enough to go out)

2:00-3:00:  Banned Books-the digital response: An exploration of Brooklyn and Seattle Public’s "Books Unbanned" project, efforts to ban digital versions of books, and a discussion of how to help, Amy Mikel and Andrew Harbison

3:00 – 4:00 Free time:  make connections, chat with friends