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PLATFORM REVOLT Rich Media Rising n DIGITAL SNOOPS Right to Read
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-CONTENT SUPPLEMENT
TO MAY/JUNE 2012
THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
PLUS
n Push for expanded access
n Taking license with limits
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E
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CONTENTS
AMERICAN LIBRARIES | E-Content Supplement to May/June 2012 | ISSN 0002-9769
Features
4 DIGITAL WORKING GROUP
PUSHES FOR EXPANDED
EBOOK ACCESS
A new member initiative is addressing the crucial
issues surrounding librarie
PLATFORM REVOLT Rich Media Rising n DIGITAL SNOOP
DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS The largest colle
CONTENTS AMERICAN LIBRARIES | E-Content Sup
FROM THE EDITOR | Masthead A Look Down the Digi
CELEBRATE 30 YEARS of the Freedom to Read!
Digital Working Group Pushes for Expanded Ebook A
I f out of frustration comes new ideas, creat
n Ideas that support new business models for
22 issues a year, unlimited online access, bo
Warning: You Are About to Enter the Ebook Zone Li
Ebooks have been running along in the background
on new ebooks. Smaller libraries might opt for pa
ficulty by requiring a user to physically go to th
e-content supplement to may/june 2012 | americanl
I t's here. Long heralded, the e-revolution h
Douglas County Libraries joins the growing number
one thing to put a book up on the web, another to
e-content supplement to may/june 2012 | americanl
Photo: Courtesy of Douglas County (Colo.) Librari
A Publisher's View To strengthen the library- pub
L ibrarians and publishers are not ef
A Digital Dilemma: Ebooks and Users' Rights New t
L ast September, libraries and librarian
e-content supplement to may/june 2012 | americanl
eLeaArLnAiEndgitions eLearning from ALA Editions
Lessons from the Typewriter F As techno
The 21st-century author can choose from an array
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