CHICAGO - American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael released the following report regarding meetings with e-book distributors during the Public Library Association (PLA) Conference, March 13 - 17.
CHICAGO – American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael issued a statement today in response to the announcement that Penguin Group USA has decided to stop offering e-books or audiobooks to libraries through Overdrive, a leading supplier.
CHICAGO—The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host technology and future-focused programs at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, tackling topics such as mobile technology, e-books, readers' advisory in the digital age, international interlibrary loan and financial literacy, among other topics.
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Upcoming RUSA programs at Annual will cover topics such as mobile technology, e-books, readers advisory in the digital age, international interlibrary loan and financial literacy, among other topics.</p>
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Penguin Group (USA), announced it was discontinuing the lending of new e-book titles to library patrons. In addition, library patrons with the Amazon Kindle e-reader will no longer be able to check-out any Penguin titles from libraries.
CHICAGO — ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, offers dozens of recent and popular titles in e-book formats through multiple vendors and content providers.
