An Online Discussion about eBooks and Public Libraries (via Elluminate) May 17th from 1:30 – 2:30 PM ** Prerequisite: Read (or scan the summaries) the COSLA eBook report (available at http://www.cosla.org/documents/COSLA2270_Report_Final1.pdf) In the fall of 2009, Kansas State Librarian Jo Budler and the other Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (their group is called COSLA) began a conversation about eBooks. What will they mean to the future of libraries, especially public libraries? Will libraries be able to turn another digital format to its advantage, as they have with audiobooks? Or is it different this time? COSLA members wanted to arm themselves for action, instead of waiting to see how commercial forces would impact popular reading materials and the public library’s central role in providing them. To research this… Read More »An Online Discussion about eBooks and Public Libraries (via Elluminate)