I was also appointed to a new E-book Task Force. ALA finally decided they should get ahead of the curve on E-books. Of course, most others are already far ahead, so we are really playing catch-up. ALA has joined the Open E-Book Forum and attended the first meetings here in Denver. Task Force members who attended reported that the E-book vendors were delighted with the participation of librarians in the deliberations.
Librarians have the respect of vendors for their experience and knowledge in the E-book arena.
If you haven t heard about it by now, you will. This is a nationally proposed law that would standardize contracts about computer transactions actually all the software you purchase. Many, many groups oppose this law including all library groups. There were extensive discussions about the shortcomings of this law, why librarians should oppose it, and how we might accomplish this. I ve now been to two training sessions and will be meeting with representatives of the Colorado Association of Law Librarians to talk more about it.