The 12th Annual Ebooks Conference schedule

Thursday 25th October 2012

• Registration, refreshments and trade exhibition

  by Swets UK & Ireland, Dawson Books, Springer SBM, Palgrave Macmillan , EBSCO Publishing, Oxford Academic, Ingram Content Group, Elsevier and SAGE Library News

  In addition to housing the refreshment and lunch area the Mall is also host to our trade exhibition which will remain open all day for delegates to browse and interact with key companies in the ebooks market

  At 9:45am to 10:15am, Thursday 25th October

• Welcome and introduction to the day

  Jason Miles-Campbell, JISC Legal Manager, opens the Conference with a welcome to the John McIntyre Centre

  At 10:15am to 10:20am, Thursday 25th October

• The Public Library e-book offer: issues, problems and the future

  by Stephen Edwards

  EBook collections are fast becoming a new feature of public library services. However digital lending is proving problematic for libraries with some publishers reluctant to offer their titles for elending.

  • elending
  • public libraries
  • publishers

  At 10:20am to 11:00am, Thursday 25th October

• EBooks: standards and formats

  by James Clay

  EPUB, Mobi, PDF, XHTML - what does it all mean for readers of digital content? This session takes a layman's look at proprietary formats and standards in ebooks helping us to make sense of it all.

  • ebooks standards and formats

  At 11:00am to 11:40am, Thursday 25th October

• Refreshments and exhibition

  At 11:40am to 12:00pm, Thursday 25th October

• Inanimate Alice: transmedia storytelling for teaching and learning

  by Bill Boyd

  Awarded best website for teaching and learning 2012 Inanimate Alice tells the story of Alice and her imaginary digital friend, Brad. Alice's story is told through text, sound, images, music and games.

  • Schools
  • transmedia storytelling

  At 12:00pm to 12:40pm, Thursday 25th October

  Coverage link

• Networking lunch and trade exhibition

  At 12:40pm to 1:40pm, Thursday 25th October

• Panel discussion forum

  Engage with our speakers; ask them questions, share your views

  At 1:40pm to 2:10pm, Thursday 25th October

• Using ebooks to support a challenging student audience

  by Jill Taylor-Roe

  A case study on patron driven acquisition at Newcastle University

  • Higher Education
  • patron driven acquisition

  At 2:10pm to 2:40pm, Thursday 25th October

• Refreshments and trade exhibition

  At 2:40pm to 3:00pm, Thursday 25th October

• Reading is changing

  by Miranda McKearney

  Scoping out the reading landscape in print and digital

  • Books
  • eBooks
  • Reading

  At 3:00pm to 3:40pm, Thursday 25th October

• Prize draw, summary and close

  Win an e-reader and other fabulous prizes before you head home!

  At 3:40pm to 4:00pm, Thursday 25th October