This article was submitted to the Globe and Mail Opinions Editor as an alternative point of view to an almost 3,000 word piece which appeared in the July 25 edition. This submission was declined for publication consideration in the newspaper other than as an online comment to the original Op Ed. July 27, 2020 In […]
Category: eBooks
CULC/CBUC & ULC Statement on E-Book Equity
North American Elected Officials Send Message to E-Book Publishers: Price Gouging Public Libraries Is Unacceptable Mayors from major urban jurisdictions sign statement urging e-book publishers to institute equitable and transparent pricing for public libraries. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 6, 2019 TORONTO and WASHINGTON – Seventy-nine elected officials from North American cities and counties have […]
Press Release: Statement on Ebook Equity
North American Elected Officials Send Message to E-Book Publishers: Price Gouging Public Libraries Is Unacceptable Mayors from major urban jurisdictions sign statement urging e-book publishers to institute equitable and transparent pricing for public libraries. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 6, 2019 TORONTO and WASHINGTON – Seventy-nine elected officials from North American cities and counties have […]
Digital Content Working Group Teleconference – September 25
On September 25, the CULC/CBUC Digital Collections Working Group hosted a teleconference about the current #eContentforAll initiatives happening in Canada and the new partnership with ULC in the US. Here are the slides from the presentation: CULC Collection Leaders Call Sept 2019 (pdf). The presentation also included a link for participants to sign up for future […]
CULC/CBUC’s Statement on Changes to Digital Loans for Public Libraries
CULC-CBUC’s Statement on Digital Loans for Public Libraries
CULC/CBUC and ULC begin work together on Fair e-Book and e-Audiobook Lending for Libraries
CULC/CBUC and ULC begin work together on Fair e-Book and e-Audiobook Lending for Libraries: https://www.urbanlibraries.org/member-resources/fair-e-book-and-e-audiobook-lending-for-libraries
#eContentforLibrariescampaign – Launched January 14th
Launched Thanks for joining us and participating in the upcoming #eContentForLibraries campaign. A reminder that the campaign is starting today – Monday January 14th – and will run until January 25th. A press release will be issued the morning of. Please review the campaign toolkit (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19_kXAo8M383Tp2U4NX6zv3bARAgvY2hi?usp=sharing) and help spread the word about on social media, […]
Public Libraries and eContent Pricing in the News
CBC: Can’t find your favourite e-book at the library? This might be why and Huffington Post/Canadian Press:Ebook, Audiobook Costs ‘Not A Sustainable Model’ For Libraries, Council Says
CULC/CBUC responds to TOR Library Embargo
CULC/CBUC sent letters to both Fritz Foy, President and publisher; and Tom Doherty, Chairman, of Tor Books about the publisher’s four month embargo on selling new Tor ebooks to libraries. The letters are available here: CULC-CBUC Letter to Fitz Foy at Tor about eBooks CULC-CBUC Letter to Tom Doherty at Tor about eBooks
Updated CULC/CBUC Paper on eBooks and Public Libraries
April 24 – Today CULC/CBUC released and up-to-date white paper on eBooks and Canadian public libraries. Written by Christina de Castell (Vancouver Public Library) this updates the White Paper that was originally published by CULC/CBUC in August 2011. The new paper is entitled “eBooks in 2014: Access and Licensing at Canadian Public Libraries”. CULC/CBUC has […]