Overview

In celebration of addition of the one millionth e-book, a one and one-half day seminar dealing with e-books will be held at HKU to provide librarians and information professionals with the opportunity to take part in this celebration and share with each other their experiences in e-book development. Presenters will come from UK, US, Canada, China and other parts of East and Southeast Asia to give an international perspective of e-book development in the 21st century.

Themes

	Google Print
	Challenges in e-book development
	E-books in China
	E-books from the Asian perspective
	Future of digital publishing
	E-books in the library context

Speakers

	Keynote Speaker, Dr Reginald Carr, Director of University Library Services and Bodleian Librarian of the University of Oxford
	Keynote Speaker, Dr Chen Li, Deputy Director of the National Library of China
	Mr Beh Chew Leng , Acting Senior Director, Library and Professional Services, National Library Board, Singapore
	Professor Dai Longji, University Librarian, Peking University
	Professor Fan Liu H.Y., Graduate Institute of Library and Information Science, National Chung Hsing University
	Mr Warren Holder, Electronic Resources Coordinator, University of Toronto Libraries
	Mr Yoshiro Kato, Chief Executive, International Centre, Keio University
	Mr Richard Rosy, Vice President of Content Management, Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
	Mr Christopher Warnock, CEO and CTO, ebrary, Inc.
	Professor Zhao Jihai, Deputy Librarian, Zhejiang University Libraries

Date

21-22 September 2006

Venue

Council Chamber, 8/F Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong

Language

English and Putonghua

Contact us

For general enquiries, please contact us at ebooksymposium@lib.hku.hk

F: +852 2858 9420