NSW.net eLending and the Digital Library

NSW.net invites NSW Public Library staff to attend our eLending and the Digital Library seminar to be held in the Metcalfe Auditorium at the State Library of New South Wales on Friday, 20th September: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm.

The seminar promises to be an exciting exploration of eBooks with a focus on the opportunities and challenges of managing digital collections in public libraries.

Presentations will focus on:

library initiated eContent management solutions for hosting and circulating digital content
the emergence of independent digital publishing and self published authors and how to integrate this content into your collection
public libraries as publisher
case studies of NSW public library eLending & eReader loan schemes
creating an E-only library, is it feasible?
rethinking copyright for the digital economy
eLending issues and advocacy
future technological innovations and the impact on libraries
collection management, making strategic decisions on eContent collections based on community feedback

Storify seminar tweets for the day: http://storify.com/xmotorlib/nswnet-elending-and-the-digital-library

Seminar Program:

9:30	Registration, Coffee and Tea in Macquarie Room
10:00	Executive Welcome: Frances Sims Director Public Library and Community Learning Services, State Library of New South Wales.
10:10	James LaRue, Director of the Douglas County Libraries. Keynote presentation: From Gatekeeper to Gardener: Creative Destruction and the Library	Presentation Recording
11:10	Nathan Turner & Ryan Phillips, Parramatta Library eReader eLending initiative	Presentation Recording
11:35	Sue McKerracher, Executive Director Australian Library and Information Association. Presentation: eLending Advocacy.	Presentation Recording
12:05	Lunch Macquarie Room
13:00	Jason Griffey, Associate Professor and Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Keynote presentation: The Near Future of Ubiquitous Computing.	Presentation Recording
14:00	Trish Hepworth Executive Officer for the Australian Digital Alliance. Presentation: Rethinking Copyright for the Digital Economy	Presentation Recording
14:30	Sharan Harvey, Manager Library services for City of Brisbane Presentation: The future of public library collections: understanding what readers’ really want.	Presentation Recording
15:00	Afternoon tea
15:15	David Jenkins, Manager Library services at the City of Newcastle. Presentation: Newcastle eBook Project	Presentation Recording
15:40	Cameron Morley, Manager, Funding and Advisory Services SLNSW and Ellen Forsyth, Public Library Services Consultant SLNSW. Presentation: E-Only Public Libraries?	Presentation Recording
16:00	Seminar concludes

Keynote presentations by:

Jamie LaRue (http://jaslarue.blogspot.com.au/ ) has been the director of the Douglas County Libraries, headquartered in Castle Rock, CO, since 1990. He is the author of The New Inquisition: Understanding and Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges, and wrote a weekly newspaper column for over 25 years. He was the Colorado Librarian of the Year in 1998, the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce's 2003 Business Person of the Year, and in 2007 won the Julie J. Boucher (boo-SHAY) Award for Intellectual Freedom. In recent years Jamie has pioneered the development of a library initiated eContent management platform, forging new partnerships with Independent publishers and self published authors and exploring opportunities for libraries as community publishers and facilitators of local creative talent.

Jamie will be providing a keynote presentation: From Gatekeeper to Gardener: Creative Destruction and the Library. The Digital Publishing Revolution is here at last. And at first, It wasn't going well: libraries were spending more and getting less. But once the Douglas County Libraries (in Castle Rock, Colorado) set up its own eContent platform, librarians realized that the game had changed. The old system of content distribution was broken. The new one offered libraries a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Are we bold enough to claim it?

Articles:

Can Libraries Survive the eBook Revolution?

Wanna write a good one: library as publisher, envisioning a new model outside the Big Six

Evoke Creating the future of library eContent (overview of Douglas County eContent model)

Jamie LaRue of Douglas County Discusses Indie eBooks at the recent American Libraries Association Conference

Jason Griffey is Associate Professor and Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Jason is a librarian, technologist, writer and speaker. His latest book, Mobile Technologies and Libraries, is now available as a part of Neal Schuman's Tech Set, the winner of the ALA 2011 Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. Jason's previous book was Library Blogging, with Karen A Coombs. He is the author of the American Libraries Perpetual Beta blog, and is also a columnist for the ALA Techsource blog. Jason was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2009, and is regularly invited to speak on the future of libraries, mobile technology, eBooks, and other technology related issues.

Jason will be providing a keynote presentation: The Near Future of Ubiquitous Computing: what will the likely technologies for media consumption look like in 5-10 years, how will this effect what libraries collect and distribute and what will this mean for our place in society?

http://jasongriffey.net/

Articles & Books:

Gadgets and Gizmos: Libraries and the Post-Pc Era

TWIL #91: Jason Griffey from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.

Seminar programme will also include presentations by:

Trish Hepworth, Executive Officer at Australian Digital Alliance (ADA Twitter)

Recently returned from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks in Brunei and having written two submissions on domestic copyright reform in the last two months, Trish Hepworth has her finger on the pulse of copyright change in Australia. Executive Officer for the Australian Digital Alliance and Copyright Adviser for the Australian Libraries Copyright Commission, Trish's previous career spanned corporate, government and NGO roles in four countries. Most recently in-house legal for the federal Department of Immigration, previous roles have included and running presentation workshops for Serbian bankers, presenting science shows in Wales and tutoring Tongan lawyers in English law.

Sue McKerracher, Executive Director at Australian Library and Information Association (eLending Advocacy). Sue McKerracher was appointed to the position of Executive Director, ALIA, in August 2012. Sue is well known in library circles as director of The Library Agency, the team that managed the National Year of Reading 2012 on behalf of 15 founding library partners. Over the last four years, she has also worked with state libraries, public library services, local councils, state government departments, several not-for-profits, a publishing house and a university. Prior to coming to Australia, she was employed by the UK Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and the British Library. Sue started her career as a journalist and latterly worked in marketing and communications for a number of multi-nationals, including Unilever and Ernst & Young.

Presentation: Over the past year, ALIA has been working with members and colleagues at local, state, national and international levels to help overcome the barriers to ebooks in libraries. The landscape is shifting on a weekly basis, but library and information professionals have risen to the challenge. Sue will talk about the current issues and strategies going forward, including the Association’s 50:50 print to ebooks business case.

Sharan Harvey Sharan Harvey is the Manager Library Services for Brisbane City Council. This is the largest public library service in Australia and serves a population of more than 1 million people across a 1,340km2 area through 33 branches, a mobile library and the City Archives. She is also responsible for Council’s free public Wi-Fi services available through libraries and across 22 parks in Brisbane. Sharan leads 350 staff to deliver services for more than 6 million customer visits each year. She has more than 30 years experience working in the Library industry most of which has been in public libraries. In the June 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Sharan was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service to the Brisbane City Council, particularly to the Brisbane City Council Library Service. Sharan will take a closer look at the future of Public Library Collections and provide an overview of the results of a recent City of Brisbane Council ratepayer survey on eBooks which provided an intriguing snap shot into local community attitudes and behaviour pertaining to eBooks.

Sharan Harvey providing Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer (Australian Shanachietour) with a tour of the Brisbance City Library.

Brisbane City Council Library from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.

Sharan's presentation for the ALIA Brisbane eBook and eLending Think Tank session.

Nathan Turner and Ryan Philips from Parramatta Library will provide an overview of an exciting eReader device lending scheme.

Ryan Phillips is the Library Officer - Technology at Parramatta City Library. He has been with the Library for over 11 years with the last 5 years in his current position. Ryan has implemented and maintained the Library's technology assets and runs technology help classes for both the Public and Staff. During this time Ryan has also overseen the introduction of RFID technology into the Library. A self confessed geek, Ryan resides in Western Sydney with his Wife Shani and 1 year old Son Lachlan.

Nathan Turner is the e-Resources Librarian for Parramatta City Library, working for the Library for 6 years, with the last two in his current role. Since the creation of his role, he has focused on building the online library branch to equal the resources of any physical branch, under the ‘Your Digital Library’ brand. His intent is for the library not to have six branches and a website, but to have seven branches, one of which is open 24 hours, 365 days a year, with only a library card and an internet connection needed for access. A technology enthusiast, his home workshop is filled with computer parts, under-construction drones and engineering equipment.

David Jenkins Manager Library services at the City of Newcastle. Newcastle Region Library received a Country Libraries Fund grant from the State Library of NSW in 2012. The grant funded a regional eBook project including purchase of eReading devices, training and on-going support.

Cameron Morley, Manager, Funding and Advisory Services at the State Library of New South Wales and Ellen Forsyth, Public Library Consultant at the State Library of New South Wales. Cameron and Ellen will explore the viability of establishing an e-only library branch.

Ellen Forsyth interviewed on This Week in Libraries, discusing large scale library collaboration, gaming, tools and much more.

Bookings will open Tuesday 6th August 2013. Attendance restricted to NSW public library staff.

Travel assistance is available if you are traveling over 100 kilometers to participate.

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