The Future of the Book and Digital Access
| Hours: | 6:00 - 7:30pm |
| Ages: | Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | see below |
| Category: | Books & Poetry |
Join leaders from the library and publishing industries in a special event at Boston Public Library on Thursday, February 21: “The Future of the Book and Digital Access”The ebook landscape is rapidly changing for libraries and publishers.
While recently published materials are readily available in ebook form, older books often have no ebook equivalent or digital access.
Book scanning projects have made strides in bringing public domain literature online, but materials published after 1923 are still not widely available due to US copyright restrictions.
The Internet Archive has developed a controlled digital lending service that enables libraries to lend a digital version of a non-circulating book stored on their shelves.
Through controlled digital lending, libraries can make twentieth century scholarship available that is largely absent from their digital holdings in a way that respects the rights of authors and publishers.
Publishers, too, can participate in controlled digital lending; projects between Internet Archive, MIT Press, and other university presses are digitizing backlist and out-of-print books and making them available through controlled digital lending.
Facilitated by Boston Public Library’s David Leonard, this panel will bring together leaders from the library and publishing communities to discuss the future of the book and digital access, including Amy Brand from MIT Press, Brewster Kahle from Internet Archive, and Maria McCauley from Cambridge Public Library.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information on the venue and speakers' bios, please visit https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/5c51f60f433d822b0068bd1a
| COST | ↑ top |
Free
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www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-the-book-and-digital-access-tickets-55660310487
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Central Library in Copley Square, Rabb Hall, Boston, MA, 02116 map
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