1. SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL PLAN! INNOVATE! TRANSFORM! WORKSHOP SERIES SUSAN CURRIE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 E-Books and Public Libraries

2. A quick word about TCPL

3. DRM: Concerns—what keeps us awake at night Eliminating the “First sale” doctrine Enforcing a “Pay-per-use” model of information dissemination Eliminating “fair use” and other exceptions in Copyright Law that underpin education, criticism, and scholarship

4. Anyone remember this?

5. Technology & Reading

6. Libraries are about service

7. Where we started

8. Records: What the public sees right now

9. Records

10. Nintendo DS XL

11. But a list is always helpful What to buy? Identify equipment and peripherals What policies, statistical tracking, procedures and training are needed? Records in catalog—how to display device and materials on them? IT support? Publicity and FAQ’s What do users think about the service?? Ask the public and staff about convenience, ease of use and collection available. Collaborate and learn from others—we learned from River Forest Public Library! Develop collection development policies for devices

12. What we’re buying and why B&NNOOKB&NNOOK Sony E-reader Pocket Edition iPod & iPad Nintendo Dsi XL

13. Paleo-Future: A Look into the Future that Never WasPaleo-Future: A Look into the Future that Never Was/

14. Additional Information http://bit.ly/9wYCuT “E-book Sales up 204.2% for the Year to Date”, Association of American Publishers, August 19, 2010 http://bit.ly/9wYCuT http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/copyright/digitalrights/index.cfm American Library Association http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/drm/drmleg.shtml Association of Research Libraries Copyright Information http://bit.ly/a0LJiA Books and Literacy in the Digital Age (American Libraries, Posted Tue, July 7, 2010) http://bit.ly/a0LJiA http://chronicle.com/article/Will-the-Book-Survive/124115 Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/Will-the-Book-Survive/124115 http://bit.ly/9AW3lg eBook Devices Cheat Sheet: A librarian reference tool, Digital Library Blog http://bit.ly/9AW3lg http://bit.ly/cLucQ9 (Review of Sony e-reader by Jonathan Bray on http://bit.ly/cLucQ9 PC Pro Blog, September 9, 2010)

15. Additional Information http://bit.ly/bvvXff Digital Revolution in children’s publishing: (Karen Springen, Publishers Weekly, July 19, 2010 ) http://bit.ly/bvvXff http://bit.ly/bSOBUu Fast Company: Survey: Those With E-book Readers Read 40% More Than Physical Book Readers, August 26, 2010 http://bit.ly/bSOBUu http://bit.ly/dgM74M (Fast Company Review of Nook App on Android, July 22, 2010) http://bit.ly/dgM74M http://nyr.kr/c9wasv “Letter from Japan”, New Yorker, December 22, 2008 http://nyr.kr/c9wasv http://rww.to/dnxLdT (ReadWriteWeb 5 ways e-books are better, August 10, 2010) http://rww.to/dnxLdT http://rww.to/dBrcJo (ReadWriteWeb 5 ways print is better, August 11, 2010) http://rww.to/dBrcJo http://www.overdrive.com/files/PubWhitePaper.pdf Overdrive White Paper about e-books Contact: scurrie@tcpl.org