Increasing Access to Ebooks Without Increasing Budgets

Recently, libraries have experienced a significant increase in digital circulation, all the while grappling with rising costs and stagnant budgets. In this session, we will discuss the impact of ebook licensing on budgets and explore the creative methods in collection management, engagement, and licensing models that help libraries increase access without increasing their budgets.

Speakers:

Valerie "KAV" Kavanagh
Lyrasis
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Valerie "KAV" Kavanagh, MBA, is the Ebooks & Community Engagement outreach lead for The Palace Project. KAV's primary role and responsibility is around creating awareness, promoting the Ebooks & Community Engagement divisions of Lyrasis, selling public libraries The Palace Project service, and creating a new and impactful conversation around how Lyrasis, leading The Palace Project, creates huge impacts for libraries desiring a patron digital experience that meets the patron where they are in their information and cultural discovery. KAV's professional experiences in enterprise sales and marketing are vast: in addition to her legal background and legal software sales experiences, she has been very successful selling and marketing Library software and solutions and is naturally mission-aligned in her aspirations, as she desires, through her direct efforts, to impact and affect others through creating access to knowledge and resources.

Track:

Acquisitions