Actually, Lori, there is a volunteer working right now to prepare a group of MARC records for the open ebooks on OL. We're hoping to get the records loaded into SkyRiver and perhaps OCLC (hmmm, I should also think about Alma). That way libraries could add select books to their own catalogs. I'd also like to glean from that group a "great books" selection that libraries can download as a whole (e.g. all of the Twain books, the 19th c. literature, etc.)
Unfortunately, I won't be in the LA area around CLA (California Library Association), however there may be libraries in the area using the ebook lending that was approved by the state library. It would be interesting to know how they are using that. kc On 3/4/13 3:37 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote: > Hi All, > > The deadline for submitting a program to the CLA Conference this year is > two weeks away. I'd love to see someone do something on the Open > Library and how libraries are using it, and how libraries SHOULD be > using it. I'm particularly dumbfounded as to why more libraries don't > provide OL content to their users in addition to (or instead of?) > dealing with all the Ebook shenanigans. > > Proposal form is here: http://conference.cla-net.org/ > > Deadline is March 15 and they need more submissions. Do a program! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Lori Bowen Ayre // > Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group > (707) 763-6869 // [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre > > <mailto:[email protected]>Specializing in open source software > solutions, RFID, filtering, > workflow optimization, and materials handling > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
