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"The idea behind ‘Gelatine’ is a system that facilitates shared encounters between coworkers and library users by allowing them to digitally ‘check in’ at a work space. Gelatine displays skills, areas of interest, and needs of currently present coworkers on a public screen. The system provides an online / mobile website for users to create a personal profile with keywords (‘tags’) that describe their skills, areas of interests, as well as areas that they have a problem in or want to learn more about. This profile information is linked to their RFID membership card, which they can swipe at one of the ‘checkin-points’ at the entrance or specific sub locations such as individual desks or coffee kiosk to confirm their presence in the space." -- website

Today, two thirds of public library services [in the UK] offer e-books. But a third don’t.  If you ask them why, they give three reasons:  the poor range of stock available, the volatility of the technology and the market, and the setup costs.

Appendix A is a checklist.
According to Hisle, academic librarians need to "spend as much time thinking about our future as we spend remembering our past…and… work toward our vision of the future…knowing our results will be rooted in the values of our profession" (2005, 14). 
One way to work toward a positive vision of the future is to engage in the demonstration of library value, recognizing that the process is not one of proving value, but rather continuously increasing value.

The purpose of this paper is to summarise the current ebook and elending environment and outline 
the issues facing libraries throughout Australia. 
Its intention is to be the foundation for a library think tank on ebooks and elending to be held at 
ALIA Information Online (15 February, 2013, Brisbane), followed by a library summit in March 2013, 
with the prime goal to develop a set of key principles for the supply, use and lending of ebooks in 
Australian libraries.

Lots of links to other resources on this page.

A primary area of focus for ALA’s Digital Content and Libraries Working Group has been on ebook business models that are favorable to public libraries.  A business model essential is the library’s ability to retain a copy of an ebook file, lend an ebook, and transfer the ebook to another platform.  Beyond this principle, what other attributes would libraries consider in a licensing arrangement with publishers? “Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries” describes those terms librarians should examine in licenses - both good and bad – when acquiring ebooks.