e-Books
Wednesday 21st May 2008 at 18:15
BCS, 1st floor, 5 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2
6.15 for 6.30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome. Admission is free.
To ensure a place, register as soon as possible at www.nlondon.bcs.org
The humble book seems to be holding its own against its digital equivalents, in a way that 35 mm film and the CD have not. Is this really the case, if so why and what does the future hold for the e-book?
How is the e-book format being used to innovate, e.g. providing access to books whilst they are still being written, linking to other media?
Why did the British Library decide to create the first ‘turning pages’
e-book? What did the collaboration between the British Library and Microsoft result in?
Are e-Books widely used in education? Will the JISC National e-Books Observatory Project, provide any answers with its study on the use and impacts of e-content in Higher Education?
Will devices such as Amazon’s recently-released Kindle lead to increased take up? Is there a standard for e-books and e-book readers? How do publishers and authors protect their copyright?
What does the future hold for collections in libraries and for preservation? What happens to the content of e-Books when technology advances?
The expert presenters will include:
* Clive Izard, Head of Creative Services, British Library
www.bl.uk
* Caren Milloy, E-books Project Manager, JISC Collections
www.jiscebooksproject.org
* Rolfe Swinton, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of CPI
Publishing Solutions
At BCS, 1st floor, 5 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2 [Between Strand & Covent Garden. Nearest tube stations: Charing Cross, Covent Garden]
Please register for this event via BCS North London Branch website:
www.nlondon.bcs.org
NLB team for this event: Coordinator: Chris Hunnings. Deputy: Elaine Hickey
Further information about this and other BCS activities is available via the website, else via email to North London Branch Chairman Dalim Basu: dalim1@onetel.com
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