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A friend of mine fowarded me this article. What is interesting is what Dr. Bidwell says about the impact of digitization and ereaders. The impact of digitization: That's a vexing question and has all sorts of implications for our profession. Digitizing early books is a major achievement. Some people wonder whether we're digitizing ourselves out of a job. I don't think so. It is marvelous to have digital versions of an early book on the Web, but there's nothing like the multiple examination of early books to see how it was produced and received. What about e-readers? You're talking to a curator of printed books. I have nothing against readers. I like to read the printed book.

An article on books in the iCloud - some interesting information on the information being fed back to publishers and Amazon.

This seemed relevant to the ongoing ebooks saga for anyone interested.

Wow - I'll be watching this. Though I'm glad a library is going to press the issue with Overdrive sooner rather than later - I mean, how realistic is it that libraries have to stay with the same e-book vendor forever or lose their content? Ridiculous. Thanks for posting this.

Just to backtrack a couple of weeks: I came across this FAQ pulled together by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy that might be handy as a pocket-guide for the future to supplement the wiki the presenting group compiled.

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