This document discusses how ebooks, file types, and digital rights management (DRM) affect libraries. It addresses the relevance of technological changes to libraries, supported devices, DRM restrictions, costs of transitioning formats, necessary staff training, policy implications, challenges of implementation, and the constantly changing digital landscape. The author explores these issues and their importance for libraries adapting to new technologies.

1. How Ebooks, File Types, and DRM Affect your Library
Brian Hulsey
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2. “We change, whether we like it or not”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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3. Why is this change important to us?
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4. Relevance
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5. Devices
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6. DRM
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7. COST
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8. TRAINING
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9. Policies
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10. Implementation
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11. Constantly Changing
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Brian Hulsey
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