eLibrary | The documents organizer. Ebooks and beyond in the school library. "Nothing endures but change" Heraclitus (c. 535 BC - 475 BC) Libraries around the world are being challenged by one of the most disruptive technologies since the advent of the Gutenberg Press (Polanka, 2012) and school libraries are no exception. This technology has caused ructions between publishers, authors and libraries; spawned numerous debates within the library and information sector and is demanding a partial or even complete overhaul of library management systems and policies.
Amazon heralds it as one of their fastest year-over-year growth market in both units and dollars in over 10 years (Moon, 2011 and Tyson, 2012); five of the six biggest publishers in the world have spurned libraries because of it (Hazard Owen, 2012) and readers the world over have taken to it for its ease of access and availability. Welcome to the world of ebooks. From their humble beginning in the early 1960s through to the superstar status of a bestseller Kindle® book today, ebooks are here to stay.
Www.nzdl.org/custom/howto2/collect/howto/pdf/FrontMatter.pdf. Integrating a digital library into the school e-learning environment. ICDL - International Children's Digital Library.