eBook Summit

I attended an eBook summit on Thursday instead of my internship. There was a speaker, small group discussions, and a panel for questions. Academic, government, and corporate librarians were on the panel and in the audience so there was a mix of ideas and experiences. I am pretty sure I was the only student.

My small group discussed the advantages and challenges of eBooks. I was familiar with most of the ideas discussed, but I did learn about the advantages/disadvantages of the variety of ways that eBooks can be acquired: (purchased or leased) and (individually or by collection) and (put in a catalog and/or put in a database)

One thing that really surprised me was that one government organization's library catalog displays who has checked an item out so that if you really need a book and it's checked out, you can go to that person and ask for it. I am surprised that they would do that, even if the collection is only professional books. But it does make sense.

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