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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><b>Charlotte Initiative for Permanent Acquisitions of E-books by Academic Libraries</b><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Over the last
two years attendees of the Charleston Conference have been hearing about </span><span>The Charlotte Initiative for Permanent
Acquisition of E-books by Academic Libraries</span><span>, a Andrew W.
Mellon funded research grant to study the current state of e-books in the
academic market. At the heart of the project are three core principles proposed
for e-book licenses:</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Provision
of irrevocable perpetual access and archival rights.</span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Allowance
for unlimited simultaneous users.</span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Freedom
from any Digital Rights Management (DRM), including (but not limited to) use
of proprietary formats, restricted access to content, or time-limited
access terms.</span></font></li></ul><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>The last two
years have brought many changes to the ever-evolving academic e-book market and
now that the project is coming to a close, participants of the grant would like
to share their findings and help continue the conversations around the e-books.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>To this end, we
will be offering a free symposium to all Charleston Conference attendees. The
symposium will focus on possible solutions, including evolving business models
and publisher feedback to the principles and will present highlights from the
four research team findings.</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Please join us:</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>When:
Monday, November 6th 1:00 – 4:00pm</span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Where:
Courtyard Marriot, Grand Cypress Ballroom</span></font></li></ul><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Registration
for this event is outside of the general Charleston Conference registration so
please register here:<b> </b></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGMEEMIbGRoZXtdvdWxjSjAFJrWlo3WG6w4X8NT37iPVP98A/viewform?usp=sf_link"><b><span></span></b></a></font><font size="2"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGMEEMIbGRoZXtdvdWxjSjAFJrWlo3WG6w4X8NT37iPVP98A/viewform?usp=sf_link"><b><span></span></b></a><b><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/6n2JHVFskwnoocfq2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/6n2JHVFsk<wbr>wnoocfq2</a> </b><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Registration
is limited so please register soon!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>On
behalf of the Charlotte Initiative Project Team, we look forward to seeing you
there!<span> </span>We’ll share information about
the schedule soon. <span><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><span></span><span><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><span></span>For more information
about the project and to see updates, please visit our website</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><a href="http://charlotteinitiative.uncc.edu/"><span>http://charlotteinitiative.uncc.edu/</span></a><span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span> </span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Here
are the </span><span>speakers addressing our key
topics:</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span> </span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Licensing Principles:</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">Theresa Liedtka, University of Tennessee- Chattanooga</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:115%">Rebecca Seger, Oxford University Press<br><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Business Models:<br></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">October Ivins, Ivins eContent Solutions</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:115%">John Sherer, UNC Press</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">Michael Zeoli, YBP</span></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Course Use:</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">Liz Siler, UNC Charlotte</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal"></span></span></span><span style="line-height:115%">Kelly Denzer, Davidson College</span></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"></font><font size="2"><span><br>Platforms and Preservation:</span></font><font size="2">
</font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">Kate Davis, Scholar’s Portal/OCUL<br></span></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span>Usability:</span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">Alison Bradley, Davidson College<br><br>********<br></span></font>
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