Subject:  Reminder -- May E-Book Conference
From:  Carol Diedrichs <diedrichs.1@osu.edu>
Date:  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:22:01 -0400

The University of Michigan, the Ohio State University, Blackwell's Book
Services, the OCLC Institute and OCLC's Digital & Preservation Resources
invite you to attend

E-Book 2003: Print Collections, e-Books & Beyond

This 1.5-day conference brings together a distinguished group of users
and creators of e-books to

- Give participants the opportunity to hear and discuss the trends and
the growing impact e-books have on their user communities
- Explore the effects e-books will have on libraries and their patrons
in the near and mid-term future
- Examine the financial consequences of producing and managing e-books
and the cost components involved
- Look at the intersection of e-books and other digitization projects
for historic corpora, and how users incorporate e-books into their
library use

We have an exciting line-up of speakers, including Cliff Lynch, CNI; Ed
McCoyd, AAP; Mary Jane Cavallo, Library of Congress; Martin Mueller,
Northwestern University; Allen Renear, University of Illinois, Rich Rosy
and Lynn Connaway, netLibrary; Louise Edwards, JISC; and others.

Dates:  May 8-9, 2003
Location: Marriott Northwest, Dublin, Ohio
Cost:  $175.00
OHIONET & MLC Members, OCLC Canada Members, and Digital & Preservation
Cooperative Participants: $125.00
For Further Details:  www.oclc.org/institute/events/ebc/
<http://www.oclc.org/institute/events/ebc/>  (Please note:  This URL
does not work with Netscape.  Our apologies for the inconvenience.)

If you have questions, please contact Amy Lytle, Grants & Education
Coordinator, OCLC Digital & Preservation Resources, at
amy_lytle@oclc.org or by phone at 800.848.5878 x 5212

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Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Professor
Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections
Editor, Library Collections, Acquisitions
     and Technical Services
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-4738
fax: 614-292-7859
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu
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