[Asis-l] Webinar: Ebooks in Corporate/Special Libraries -- Matarazzo/Pearlstein

[GSLIS Cont Ed]

Ebooks in Corporate/Special Libraries: A Review -- Taught by James M.
Matarazzo & Toby PearlsteinDate: February 27, 2014
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Cost: $25

Register information is here:
http://alanis.simmons.edu/ceweb/registerinfo.php

Articles, conference presentations, and announcements on ebook usage in
school, public, and academic libraries have become regular features in the
literature. And this is by no means a U.S.-based phenomenon. In fact, in
2011, the global strategic management consulting firm Bain & Co. issued a
report covering six countries (U.S., Japan, Germany, France, U.K., and
South Korea) across three continents. This study focuses primarily on mass
market publishing but provides some useful insight for corporate library
purposes as well. Readers "tend to read more when equipped with digital
readers" and in encouraging news for publishers, "the vast majority of
those readers will pay for e-books."

Despite the broadened base of ebook delivery channels and the growth in
consumption of content via multiple devices, the impact does not seem to
have greatly affected corporate libraries yet. The authors decided to look
into this matter to answer the question of whether we have reached the
point at which ebooks represent a necessary component of the corporate
content portfolio. Do information services departments need ebooks to
continue to contribute to their organizations' success? Or, put another
way, can corporate librarians afford to ignore the value of ebooks as a
component of the services they provide their customers?

In this webinar the presenters will cover the following topics:

   - Ebook Adoption in Special Library Settings
   - Survey Results
   - More Barriers (Customer Appetite [End User or Researcher];
   Cost/Acquisition Models/Deployment)
   - Incentives (Mobility; Cutting Edge; Cost Savings and Usage Measures)
   - Putting It All in Perspective
   - Mini Case Studies (The Insurance Company wants to give Ebooks a go;
   Fidelity Center for Advanced -Technology; The Vendor Perspective)
   - Appendix (Survey Instrument)
   - Recommended readings

James M. Matarazzo is a fellow of the Special Libraries Association (SLA).
He received SLA's Professional Award in 1983 and again in 1991 when he also
received SLA's President's Award. Matarazzo was president of the
Association for Library and Information Science Education (2000-2001) and
is the vice president of the H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc.

Toby Pearlstein has 30 years of experience as an information professional
in both the public and private sector; including state and regional
organizations, as well as a global professional services firm.

Kris Liberman LS '87
Continuing Education/Communications/Community
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College | 300 The Fenway | Boston, MA 02115
office 617.521.2803 | fax 617.521.3192
email g <kristen.liberman at simmons.edu>slisce at simmons.edu

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