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Ebooks

Not long ago, many people believed that few individuals would want to read digital editions of books. Now the landscape has changed and a multiplicity of ebook readers, proprietary formats, and licensing schemes exist. CNI provides a forum for discussion of developments in this area, including some of the restrictive policies that some publishers and vendors have developed regarding libraries. Other topics of discussion include educational institutions’ roles in providing content for e-readers, cross-institution licensing issues, and loan of devices.

Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff

Post-Pandemic Strategic Planning: Challenges and Approaches (April '21)
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New Strategies for Acquiring Learning Materials (June '20)
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“The Rise of Reading Analytics and the Emerging Calculus of Reader Privacy in the Digital World” (April '17)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch

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“E-Book Strategies” (December '14)
Author: Coalition for Networked Information

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“The Fight to Save Endangered Ebooks” (May '14)
Interview with Clifford A. Lynch

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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings

Advancing the Open Ebook Ecosystem (Lightning Round) (November '24)

Robert Cartolano, Columbia University


Connecting the Dots to Overcome Access Using Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) (Lightning Round) (November '24)

James English, Lyrasis


A Tool for Assessing the Preservability of Complex Digital Publications (Lightning Round) (November '24)

Jonathan Greenberg, New York University


An Update from Project Lend: Unlocking the Potential for Digital Books in Higher Education (Lightning Round) (November '24)

Rice Majors, University of California, Davis


National Information Standards Organization’s Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice (Lightning Round) (March '24)

Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis



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Recent Videos

Using Machine-Learning Systems to Improve Collections Development and Services (May '24)
Boaz Nadav Manes, Lehigh University
Todd Carpenter, National Information Standards Organization
Carolyn Morris, Ingram
Filip Jakobsen, Samhæng
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Teaching Data Science and Building Data Literacy—Nationally and Globally (August '23)
Florence Hudson, Columbia University and Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
Emily Rothenberg, Columbia University View more information

 

Direct to Open: Making Frontlist Monographs Open at the MIT Press (Lightning Round) (March '23)
Nick Lindsay, MIT Press View more information

 

Libraries, Disability Service Organizations, and Repositories: An Evolving Workflow from the Educational Materials Made Accessible Project (March '23)
Kyle Rimkus, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign View more information

 

Palace Project for Academics Program Update: Partnerships Working to Demystify Complexity (March '23)
James English, LYRASIS
Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis View more information

 

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Recent Podcasts

Feb. 10, 2012: Horizon Megatrends; E-Book Self-Publishing; OSTP Comments (February '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, Feb. 10, 2012
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New Economic Models for E-Textbooks: Cliff Lynch Speaks with IUPUI’s David Lewis (February '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, Feb. 7, 2012
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