For immediate release | May 23, 2014

to discuss new directions for digital content at Annual Conference

ϲʿapp

LAS VEGAS—How much do you know about the ϲʿapp’s () efforts to advance ebook access in libraries? Learn about recent ebook activities and future plans for digital content more broadly during the session “ and Moving Ahead with Digital Content,” a program that takes place during the 2014 ϲʿapp Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The Digital Content Working Group will host the session on Saturday, June 28, 2014, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Las Vegas Convention Center, room N255/257.
During this program, a panel of experts will explore future directions and important digital content trends, including key policy issues that impact libraries. The session will include an interactive question-and-answer period, and attendees are welcome to provide their thoughts on these important issues.
Panelists include:
  • Chair: Sari Feldman, incoming president-elect, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library and Digital Content Working Group co-chair
  • Moderator: Robert Wolven, Columbia University associate university librarian and Digital Content Working Group co-chair
  • Paige Bentley-Flannery, community librarian, Deschutes Public Library (Oregon)
  • Alan S. Inouye, director of the ϲʿapp’s Office for Information Technology Policy
  • James Neal, member of the ϲʿapp’s Executive Board and vice president of Columbia University
WHEN: Saturday, June 28, 2014, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center (Room N255/257), 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
REGISTER: To attend the conference session as a reporter, email Jazzy Wright, press officer of the ϲʿapp’s Washington Office, at jwright@alawash.org.

Contact:

Jazzy Wright

Press Officer

Washington Office

jwright@alawash.org

202-628-8410

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Annual Conference
E-books in Libraries