change: October 2010 Archives
This post at Digital Book World is the best summary I have seen of the best presentation (in my opinion and the opinion of the post's author) at the Ebooks: Libraries @ the Tipping Point virtual summit that many of us watched and discussed last month.
Read If Libraries are Screwed, so Are the Rest of Us by Emily Williams for a taste of what Eli Neiburger (@ulotrichous on Twitter) had to say at the summit. Don't be deterred by the title. The message is hopeful! And helpful.
Here is my favorite soundbite:
In her post Emily responds to an assumption of many participants at the summit--that publishers will not work with libraries to find a fair, sustainable model for sharing digital content.
OWLS members: If you want to access the full archive of the summit, contact Bradley. It's only available until the end of the year!
Read If Libraries are Screwed, so Are the Rest of Us by Emily Williams for a taste of what Eli Neiburger (@ulotrichous on Twitter) had to say at the summit. Don't be deterred by the title. The message is hopeful! And helpful.
Here is my favorite soundbite:
It’s these unique things that don’t exist anywhere else, and that matter more to our own communities than anyone else, that have the future for libraries. It’s not just data about the community, but also creations of the community that libraries can enable by giving patrons access to production tools, event venues, and – most importantly – a permanent, non-commercial, online home for our patrons’ creative works...
- Eli Neiburger
In her post Emily responds to an assumption of many participants at the summit--that publishers will not work with libraries to find a fair, sustainable model for sharing digital content.
This kills me. Seriously. The idea that we [publishers], the book people, would allow our libraries to wither from lack of access to content, with the impoverishment that implies for our communities and our children and our democratic society… if we get to a place where libraries are no longer about the books…then I believe we all are screwed, because then it’s only a matter of time before we run out of passionate readers... If libraries can get creative about how to stay relevant in the digital world, surely publishers can figure out new ways of partnering with them to connect their books with readers.The Ebooks summit was chock-full of thought-provoking content, but if you have time to check out just one session, make it Eli's. Sarah Houghton-Jan has summarized several of the other Ebook summit sessions over at Librarian in Black.
- Emily Williams
OWLS members: If you want to access the full archive of the summit, contact Bradley. It's only available until the end of the year!
