Reinventing The Library: From Print To Digital

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Convert books and documents one-at-a-time to Word, Digital Talking Book (DTB) Imagining the Future of the School Library. Are Libraries Dying or Thriving? One of the towns I used to live in is apparently raising two million dollars for renovations to its library.

I told my mother (an active supporter and board member of her public library) that I thought this was a waste of money as the role that libraries play in society has been/will be diminished. I suggested the town is better served spending its money on a public space like a park or garden. My mother was disgusted. She informed me that that public libraries are being used as much, or more than ever before. She said that while people don’t take books out as often, instead poorer families still rely on the library as their primary information source: internet access, consumer reports, magazine and even travel guides are hugely popular.

The Original Internet: Still a Great Place to Visit. As happens many a Sunday, today I spent the afternoon with some friends getting brunch and then browsing an independent bookstore on Court Street in Brooklyn.

I spend an unhealthy amount of time browsing blogs and websites. Fewer and fewer of these sites (and their content) are inspiring me. Yes, there is a lot of interesting stuff going on with Facebook, OpenSocial and the like, but everyone writes about the same stuff. It’s really a Catch 22: to be well-read you need to write about what everyone else writes about (think Techmeme). However, to be an upper echelon blog, you need to write original innovative stuff and have the rest of the blogosphere follow your lead. Bookstores however, never fail to inspire – especially the independent ones. Maybe this is Google’s killer next app.

In any event, if you’re looking for some inspiration, or simply to do something not involving your laptop, go find a bookstore and get lost for a while. The future of libraries, with or without books. (CNN) -- The stereotypical library is dying -- and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.

Libraries are trying to imagine their futures with or without books. Books are being pushed aside for digital learning centers and gaming areas. "Loud rooms" that promote public discourse and group projects are taking over the bookish quiet. Hipster staffers who blog, chat on Twitter and care little about the Dewey Decimal System are edging out old-school librarians. And that's just the surface. Authors, publishing houses, librarians and Web sites continue to fight Google's efforts to digitize the world's books and create the world's largest library online. Some books will still be around, they say, although many of those will be digital. "The library building isn't a warehouse for books," said Helene Blowers, digital strategy director at the Columbus [Ohio] Metropolitan Library. Library 2.0 Other libraries are trying new things, too.

Community Centers. News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Cl. Catalog your books online. Assessing Children's E-Book and App Market at TOC Bologna. The Digital Dilemma for Picture Book Publishers. Gossamers. This article provides a brief guide to ebook conversion, covering what it involves and how to select a conversion service, with an emphasis on maintaining quality.

For discussion of when ebook conversion – as distinct from ebook production – makes sense, see the related article ebook conversion or ebook production? A combined version of these two articles was published in IBPA Independent July 2011.