CANCELLED – Your Neighbor is a Writer: Curating a Local E-book Collection
Thursday, March 22, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Pennsylvania Convention Center, 109 AB
Since 2015, Multnomah County (OR) Library has been providing a way for patrons to contribute to our e-book collection, bringing authors visibility while offering compelling local content to our patrons. The Library Writers Project engages with the writing community while promoting library staff as curators of books worth your time. We’ll walk through the project inception and execution, and discuss the place of self-published works in collection development and the role of librarians as tastemakers.
Although this program was cancelled onsite in Philadelphia, it will be presented as a free post-conference webinar on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.
At the end of this session, participants will:
1: Have a roadmap for doing a similar project at their library
2: Better understand the ins and outs of adding self-published content to their OverDrive collections
3: Understand the value of adding local content to their collections, and the opportunity it provides to collaborate with local authors, and curate and highlight content that patrons will enjoy
The session organizer(s) identified this session as appropriate for:
Level 1: People with no previous knowledge of the topic.
This session will have: Medium interaction (example: single speaker/panel with questions or discussion throughout)
Handouts: Download 1
Track: Invent
Tags: Collections/Tech Services, Collection Development, E-books, Innovation, Project Management, Readers' Advisory
Presenters
Alison Kastner, Reader Services Librarian
Multnomah County Library , Portland , OR
Alison Kastner is the reader services librarian for Multnomah County Library.
Kady Ferris, Electronic Content Librarian
Multnomah County Library , Portland , OR
Kady Ferris is the electronic content librarian for Multnomah County Library.