Lots to Talk About
Posted by: Rebecca Vnuk
As a print lover, it can be a little disheartening to work my way around the exhibits at an ALA conference, talking to reference publishers. As one of them told me, “No one wants to talk about books any more.”
So, what were people talking about at the just-concluded Annual Conference? The shift to e-books continues, with Sharpe Reference being the latest to take the plunge. And my conversations with database publishers revealed several trends. They seem to be introducing more editorial intervention into their databases, and they are coming up with ways to help libraries increase usage. I’ll be talking more about what I heard from publishers and librarians in upcoming posts.
