This isn't really happening right now since I got the message several hours ago but still thought you might want to see Maureen Sullivan's remarks.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bobbi Newman</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bobbi.newman@gmail.com">bobbi.newman@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:37 AM<br>Subject: [alacoun] Maureen Sullivan's Remarks at the Association of American Publishers Meeting<br>
To: Councilors Listserv <<a href="mailto:alacoun@ala.org">alacoun@ala.org</a>><br><br><br><span><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Maureen Sullivan is speaking at the Association of American Publishers Meeting right now. A summary of her remarks are below and attached as a PDF file for your convenience. </span></font></span><div>
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<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:14pt">Maureen Sullivan, President, American Library Association<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:14pt">“Libraries & Publishers Strengthening the E-Reading Ecosystem”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">We must build on the long-standing, successful partnership between publishers and libraries</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Through our common goal of bringing authors and readers together, publishers and libraries have worked with each other for many decades. In varied ways, libraries serve
as marketers of books in all their forms. For example, libraries promote the discoverability of works by recommending titles, hosting author talks, displaying titles in library buildings and on library websites, and hosting book clubs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Libraries also contribute to the publishing ecosystem by teaching and encouraging literacy (including digital literacy), reading, and lifelong learning. Libraries and
the American Library Association (ALA) also use the bully pulpit to help communicate the importance of literacy and reading in society.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">E-book strategy: We must focus more on the future</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Advances in technology have enabled new forms of digital connection, such as social networking and mobile apps. New services, new delivery mechanisms, and new companies
abound. How can publishers and libraries leverage technological advances to develop services that will best meet the future needs of our communities? How can publishers and libraries work together in this essential quest? No one has all the answers, but ALA
now is considering all aspects of these questions. This is a key priority and a matter of urgency for ALA, our 60,000 members, and the communities we serve.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">We must address immediate needs. Libraries serve people now, and e-book growth is explosive</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">The number of libraries that offer e-books has doubled over the past five years, and libraries report double- and triple-digit growth in circulation of these e-titles.
ALA acknowledges that hundreds of publishers do make e-books available to libraries in a landscape that is evolving rapidly. We very much appreciate those publishers that sell e-books to libraries at reasonable prices and terms.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">The policy of some publishers to prohibit e-book sales to libraries is unacceptable. ALA soon will undertake heightened advocacy efforts to persuade these publishers that
selling to libraries is in their—and everyone’s—best interest. Publishers engaged in active proposals or pilots will be encouraged to accelerate these preliminary steps.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">On balance, libraries tend to see current e-books as providing less functionality and value than print books. While some features may be superior, there are considerable
disadvantages in terms of constrained basic access, the rights to make accommodation for people with disabilities, patron privacy, ability to integrate e-books into other library resources, and the rights to ensure long-term archiving and preservation. As
a result, increased prices do not make sense. Libraries certainly agree to pay reasonable prices and to adhere to the contracts that we sign. We
<i>want</i> publishers to remain in business; we <i>want</i> to continue to be their customers! ALA, however, doesn’t accept the proposition that an e-book price that is a multiple of the print price is justifiable or fair.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">ALA urges strategic action</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">There is tremendous strategic opportunity. The advances in technology should enable many more possibilities for publishers and libraries than we recognize today.
If publishers and libraries don’t figure it out, some other entity will. Librarians nationwide are increasingly impatient and dissatisfied with the status quo, and the ALA will take more aggressive steps to address these pressing concerns. We want to work
with publishers. How can ALA and libraries work with publishers and better support efforts to create a better future for our readers?</span></p>
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