Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about eBooks and sxswLAM and Smithsonian and Language and Spanish in Austin Convention Center

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Sunday 11th March 2012

• Libros digitales para todos/eBooks for Everybody

  by Martin Kalfatovic and Alvin Hutchinson

  12% of U.S. adults currently own an e-reader; Hispanics are the largest demographic in that group with 15% owning an e-reader. Though there are many Spanish-language options available for this reading community, mainstream offerings still cater to a largely English language community. Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL), as part of its efforts to move beyond page image presentation of library content, is making a focused effort to bring quality, scholarly and other materials in Spanish to the e-reading community. With a grass-roots effort to identify appropriate materials, SIL hopes to build a space where there are "Libros digitales para todos".

  • eBooks
  • Language
  • Libraries
  • Smithsonian
  • Spanish
  • sxswLAM

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Room 5ABC, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip