<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 7:42 AM, McKinney, Elizabeth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emckinney@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">emckinney@georgialibraries.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Good idea. Perhaps the conference committee could submit a list of keynote publications to add to the store in advance of the conference? <br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>We might need to tread a bit cautiously, however, at least in terms of making a formal EOB practice of this, as it would offer a commercial benefit to the keynote speaker. Accepting suggestions is one thing; given the impression that the website will always advertise a keynoter's books is another.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think the main considerations for picking books to highlight should be whether the book would be useful for a user of or contributor to Evergreen, keeping in mind that that can cover a wide variety of topics in general technology, library technology in particular, and library administration (for example, does anybody know of a really good book on logistics that would be useful to somebody setting up statewide materials delivery for the first time?).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course, most of the time -- but not always! -- a keynote speaker's books are likely to meet that criterion.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br>Galen</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>
Galen Charlton</div><div>Manager of Implementation</div><div>Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts</div><div>email: <a href="mailto:gmc@esilibrary.com" target="_blank">gmc@esilibrary.com</a></div><div>direct: +1 770-709-5581</div>
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