At ALA, Brewster Kahle, Librarians Ponder The E-book Future

["B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>]

"From research and pilot programs, digitization efforts and 
financial support for vendors, libraries have helped prepare the 
way for e-books. But now that the consumer market for e-books has 
taken off, are libraries in danger of being marginalized? A 
standing-room-only panel discussion on Saturday, January 8, at 
the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, CA, looked at the 
challenges and opportunities e-books hold for libraries..."

Full text from Publishers Weekly: http://bit.ly/ghSdes

Bernie Sloan