DPLAfest 2019

Global Access To Accessible Reading Materials: Millions of books for millions of readers
There has been a shift in the way people access information: e-books and the widespread use of graphics to convey information have created a “new normal” for how many people read and learn. While these resources are readily available, too many of them are not accessible to people who have a disability that prevents their use of printed material.  As a result, people with disabilities such as vision impairments, physical limitations and severe learning disabilities often face barriers to information.  Bookshare, the world’s largest collection of accessible books, aims to reach all persons with print disabilities to provide opportunity to read and learn in the way that works for them.
Presenter: Lisa Wadors, Benetech

Getting Unstuck
While it can be daunting, there are strategic ways to rethink ebook access. In Georgia, two new services from the state library agency aim to expand content and options for the future.
Presenter: Wendy Cornelisen, Georgia Public Library Service and COSLA Ebook Working Group

Using Metrics to Understand Patron Behavior  
Librarians have relied on key performance indicators like circulation, holds, and foot and web traffic to understand how well they meet the needs of their users. However, do these data paint a complete picture? Using data gleaned from browsing information, collection promotion efforts, and user personas, this talk will consider how additional data sources can produce a more nuanced portrait of a user population.
Presenter: Sam Stover, Product Manager for NoveList

Library for All: Global impact potential
Globally there are over a billion people that cannot read. Openly-licensed digital books like those created by Library For All and available through their free app and on the DPLA Open Bookshelf can be part of the solution.
Presenter: Micah May

Engaging Students: Technologies for Publishing Ebooks and Prints Books
Learn about a writing and publishing partnership between an academic library and Leadership Education graduate program. The WSU Library and Leadership Education faculty created a graduate student project which results in the publishing of graduate student writing in the form of an ebook and print book. The session will provide an overview of technologies used to publish ebooks and print books. Technologies include Pressbooks (via the Minnesota Library Publishing Project), Canva, Ingramspark, LuLu, Adobe Creative Cloud, and bepress Digital Commons.
Presenter: Kendall Larson, Winona State University

Library Simplified and SimplyE: How LYRASIS is working to help libraries change the state of play for e-content
Lisa Larson from LYRASIS will talk about Library Simplified and SimplyE from the point of view of a non-profit technology organization with a service mission to help libraries achieve different impacts within their own communities and change the marketplace through scaled open or community supported services. Together with DPLA and other non-profit stakeholder organizations, LYRASIS seeks to help libraries change the current state of play for ebook and audio book delivery to patrons and researchers through technology and scale. Eliminate the library/patron disintermediation, improve circulation and provide better measurable community impacts all by taking charge of your patron ebook and audiobook experience.
Presenter: Lisa Larson, LYRASIS

The Road Everything Rides On: Public Libraries & Highspeed Broadband
This lightning talk will discuss broadband access in public libraries as the minimum that libraries need to provide the public for access to digital services including e-content.
Presenter: Paula MacKinnon, Califa

Canadian Urban Library Council (CULC) Advocacy Campaigns
Susan Caron will present on the Canadian Urban Library Council’s (CULC) recent advocacy campaign aimed at getting the public to contact the Big Five publishers about lack of access to eaudiobooks and unfair pricing of ebooks and eaudiobooks, and CULC’s upcoming campaign on the same topic aimed at legislators.
Presenter: Susan Caron