In this panel, library staff share their latest data-driven initiatives that are revolutionizing collections and patron management to increase efficiencies, insights, and opportunities.
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Follow the journey of an ebook from publisher to library reader, Rose Donohoo (OverDrive) and Maria Cipriano (Toronto Public Library), in conversation with Teresa Elsey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), survey the ebook lending landscape.
Join us for a Loan Stars update where we’ll discuss its impact over the past year, trends we’re noticing, and how you can get involved.
Librarian and technologist Jessamyn West will talk about what we know about the digitally divided and what works… and what doesn’t to help them interact with the larger world of technology.
With almost a full year’s worth of top 10 lists under its belt, the Loan Stars program is geared up to continue shining a spotlight on exciting new titles for library staff and their patrons.
ebook usability from the library’s perspective
- March 23, 2017
Pull back the curtain on what librarians love about ebooks, why ebook recommendations often come with both raves and caveats, how certain types of books and users are best served by print, and more.
BookNet’s Pamela Millar presents all the new and upcoming projects (like Loan Stars) that are innovating to help publishers and libraries work together towards their common goal: getting books into the hands of readers.
Who needs libraries?
- March 6, 2014
The demise of libraries has been predicted since the inception of the internet, but reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated. This panel addresses the impact of libraries in the community, and to the economy.
This panel of librarians provides us with valuable insight into how libraries work, from budgets and collections to patron and e-lending statistics.
Susan Renouf and Ken Roberts talk about ebook lending in Canada.
Beth Jefferson puts the spotlight on BiblioCommons.
Understanding BookServer: The power to find, buy or borrow any digital book in any format at any time
- March 25, 2010
Peter Brantley (Internet Archives) explains how BookServer boosts the discoverability, sale, and loan of digital books.