The Brooklyn College Library

Presents

April 4, 2000

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Gold Room, SUBO Brooklyn College

Reception to follow in State Lounge

The eBook has arrived. How will it change the way readers, authors, publishers, booksellers and libraries interact in this new digital world? Join us and two experts for a discussion on the state of the art of electronic book publishing.

Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI).
CNI exists to promote the promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Mr. Lynch will address eBook's broad implications for readers, authors, publishers and libraries.

Doreen Carvajal, business and technology writer,New York Times.
Ms. Carvajal will discuss the rapidly changing e-publishing scene and the eBook business.

Remarks by Brooklyn College President Christoph M. Kimmich

Presentations and Demonstrations

Lynn Connaway, Ph.D., Vice-President of Research and Library Systems,netLibrary.
netLibrary holds the World's largest collection of full-text electronic reference, scholarly, and professional books.
Accessible anytime, anywhere. netLibrary adds more than 150 books to its collection each week

Ken Brooks, vice-president for digital content, Barnes & Noble.
Learn about Barnes & Noble's eBook superstore and see a sneak preview of Microsoft Reader/ClearType, the software application designed to deliver an on-screen computer reading experience rivaling that offered by traditional paper-based text.

A demonstration of electronic reading devices, Rocket eBook and Softbook, and other exciting new developments.

Please RSVP by March 24, 2000 to carolm@brooklyn.cuny.edu or phone Carol McLoughlin at 718-951-5335.

For further information, e-mail Prof. Deutch at MiriamD@brooklyn.cuny.edu