As scholarly publishers and university presses continue to consolidate their e-book strategies for the future, a number of ecologies have evolved, both on the consumer side and the institutional access side.

For small society publishers willing to adopt consumer models that have been successful in trade publishing, the retail ecology can provide new opportunities, as individual purchasers discover their content through online bookstores, journal hosting sites, and retailers like Apple, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. To play in this space, they need to make educated decisions about DRM, retailer markups, and payment processing.

For large commercial publishers and university presses, the greatest opportunity for e-book growth lies in institutional subscriptions.

An essential part of this ecology is the library and the requirements of its patrons. Recently, the City University of New York, one of the nation's largest urban public university systems, conducted an environmental scan of the e-book market, and then evaluated and selected e-book packages that best meet the needs of its diverse user community.

This seminar will cover issues and developments in channels for distribution and acquisition of e-books from both publishers and librarians' perspectives.

Who should attend: Directors of Publication, Society Executives, Journal Sales and Marketing staff, Journal Production staff.

Moderators: Anamika Megwalu, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Electronic Resources/Library Webmaster, City University of New York (CUNY)

Tim Cross, Marketing Product Manager, Allen Press, Inc.

Tim Cross joined Allen Press in 2003, and has worked in a number of areas of the company, including editorial services, content management, product development, and marketing. His primary focus is on author-to-reader solutions for scholarly publishers, including ebooks, composition, pre-editing, and digital workflows.

Nancy Egan has an MLS from Queens College (CUNY) and has been a Librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) since 1997. She has served as the Electronic Resources and Media Librarian for the last five years and served as Co-Chair of the 2012 CUNY Ebook Acquisition task force along with Angela Sidman.

Angela Sidman, Office of Library Services, CUNY Angela Sidman earned her MSI from the University of Michigan and an MSc from the University of Edinburgh. She has worked for CUNY's Office of Library Services since 2009, focusing on consortium-level e-resource acquisitions and access.

Anamika Megwalu, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Electronic Resources/Library Webmaster, City University of New York (CUNY) Anamika Megwalu has an MLIS from Florida State University and is a doctoral candidate at Long Island University. She has been the Coordinator Electronic Resources and the Library Webmaster for the last 7 years at York College, City University of New York.