Content tagged Ebooks

Just off the press in the IFLA Publications Series… Read all about it: Trade eBooks in Libraries: The Changing Landscape

News - 21 December 2016

Tags: Digital publishing, Digital Rights Management, Ebooks, eLending for Libraries, EPUB, Public Lending Rght, Studies

With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were...

Publication - 16 December 2016

Tags: Digital publishing, Digital Rights Management, Ebooks, eLending for Libraries, EPUB, Public Lending Rght, Studies

With the Court of Justice of the European Union’s eBook judgement, it is a good time for a round up of eBook and eLending news. The below also contains updates on the Simon and...

Informational Page - 17 November 2016

Tags: Ebooks, elending

Here's a few stories relating to e-books and lending that may be of interest. An American Libraries Magazine piece on e-Books, reporting from a PLA session on the subject. This notes...

Informational Page - 2 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, elending

You may be interested in a series of recent stories on eBooks and eLending, if you haven’t yet come across them already. There's a couple of Dutch controversies going on, a discussion on...

Informational Page - 2 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, elending

The main eLending news is of course the Opinion from the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union that e-Lending (under a one copy one user) should be covered by the Rental...

Informational Page - 2 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, elending

A short eLending and eBooks update from the last few weeks, ahead of WLIC. This includes a couple of stories about preparations in the Netherlands for the upcoming CJEU judgement on eLending, as...

Informational Page - 1 August 2016

Tags: Ebooks, elending

With eBooks becoming an ever more normal way of reading, it is high time that the law caught up with reality. Yet libraries frequently struggle to obtain the eBooks their users want. And...

News - 16 June 2016

Tags: Ebooks, elending, Public Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Public library services around the world have reached the cross-roads. Collection formats and community needs continue to evolve at a rapid pace. Technology plays a major role providing people...

News - 27 April 2015

Tags: Conferences, Ebooks, eResources, Satellite, South Africa, South Africa, Public Libraries

Introduction The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) released the eLending Background Paper in 2012 followed by a commissioned think piece and the...

Publication - 30 July 2014

Tags: Ebooks, elending, eLending for Libraries, Publications

Description Digital lending, including the lending of eBooks and other digital materials, is a major issue for all types of libraries. Increased consumer demand for eReaders, and a growing...

Informational Page - 12 May 2014

Tags: Advocacy, ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Ebooks, IFLA International Leaders Programme, leadership, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Year 1 Project Report, 2013 IFLA International Leaders Programme Group 3 Project Team Members: Sarah Kaddu, Uganda Margaret Allen, Australia Counsellors: Jacinta Were,...

Informational Page - 12 May 2014

Tags: Advocacy, ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Ebooks, IFLA International Leaders Programme, leadership, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Presented in collaboration with MetLib, Management of Library Associations, and Copyright and Legal Matters Sections Tentative Program Morning Session –  E-books in...

News - 4 April 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, licensing, Policy, Singapore, world cafe

Gerald Leitner, member of the IFLA Governing Board and the ELending Working Group, spoke at the Leipzig Bookfair about the challenges faced by libraries with regards to EBooks. He...

News - 21 March 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Ebooks, Germany

On the 21st of February 2013 the IFLA Management of Library Associations (MLAS) Committee and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) invited participants to...

News - 19 March 2013

Tags: CILIP, Ebooks, MLAS, United Kingdom