[OPLINLIST] FW: [alacoun] FW: Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) establishes blog and forum

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From: Keith Michael Fiels [mailto:kfiels at ala.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 3:34 PM
To: ALACOUN
Subject: [alacoun] FW: Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to
Electronic Content (EQUACC) establishes blog and forum

 

FYI. Keith

 

Contact: Jenni Terry

Press Officer

ALA Washington Office

(202) 628-8410

jterry at alawash.org

 

 

For Immediate Release

March 28, 2011

 

Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content
(EQUACC) establishes blog and forum

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Library Association (ALA) Presidential
Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) has
established a blog <http://www.equacc.ala.org/forum/>  and forum
<http://www.equacc.ala.org/forum/>  to invite commentary on the work of
the Task Force and to discuss more generally libraries' role in
providing free and confidential access to e-content for the public. 

 

The Task Force has divided its work into five categories:

 

*         Accessibility - issues, trends, education on providing
accessible content to people with disabilities 

*         Public Relations - building more support and awareness that
libraries play an essential role in the e-content world 

*         Model Projects - case studies of libraries trying different
models for providing accessible content 

*         Environmental Scan - the need to better understand the
existing market and future trends that libraries should be aware of 

*         Licensing - exploring new and emerging business models for
obtaining content from authors, publishers, and vendors 

 

"I hope that ALA members will take advantage of this opportunity to make
their voices heard about these issues that are of importance to
libraries in the U.S. and throughout the world," ALA President Roberta
Stevens said.

 

The Task Force welcomes all to initiate discussion, ask questions, and
provide feedback in the web site forums where each issue is highlighted.


 

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