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In our previous instalment of this blog series, we highlighted content related to audiobooks, today the spotlight is on libraries.
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Diversity benchmarking: Improving diversity and inclusion in library collections
An area of need that has emerged from American libraries and the American publishing industry is the need for diverse books. Canadian libraries have a similar need, but does the American publishing industry reflect the unique minority populations found in Canada? Librarian Laina Kelly looked at the YA collection of a medium-sized library branch, analyzing the diverse content of each book, as well as author minority identities. This presentation builds on BookNet Canada’s report Demand for Diversity and reveals areas of diversity specific to Canadian populations that are needed in library collections.
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Data-driven collections & patron management: The new library science
In this panel Janet Horne (Vancouver Public Library), Maria Cipriano (Toronto Public Library), Jessie Bach (Marigold Library System), and Michelle Sawh (Markham Public Library), share their latest data-driven initiatives that are revolutionizing collections and patron management to increase efficiencies, insights, and opportunities. Monique Mongeon speaks to the role BNC LibraryData plays in the aggregation and analysis of nation-wide library collections data.
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Oh, the places ebooks Go: An ebook’s journey from creation to circulation
Follow the journey of an ebook file from publisher to library reader, as Rose Donohoo (OverDrive) and Maria Cipriano (Toronto Public Library), in conversation with Teresa Elsey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), survey the ebook lending landscape. As the ebook and its metadata travel from publisher to OverDrive ingestion and validation to library purchase and curation, we’ll address issues of discoverability, usability, lending models, and access to content, as well as the differences between library lending and retail. We’ll take a deep dive into what’s required to get ebooks into the hands of library customers (it’s harder than you would think!), and what ebook publishers and developers can do to help.
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