HathiTrust Digital Library | Millions of books online. 6 concerning trends in digital collection development. I recently joined an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) working group that will develop guidelines to help librarians make decisions about digital content acquisitions. Members were asked to introduce themselves, and to share their experience with eContent. What follows is an excerpt of what I wrote. I share it here, because it includes a few concerns I've been meaning to write about in this blog, so here goes: "Our [New Canaan High School Library] collection includes about 1,400 ebooks, most of which are digital versions of our most popular print volumes.
This was intentional, and it is working well. FollettGaleABC-CLIO (annual subscription to leased content)Marshall Cavendish (now owned by Amazon)SharpeSalem PressMackinBarnes and NobleBrainHiveOur students access all our eContent through Destiny. Brain Hive | eBooks on demand for K-12 libraries. Ebooks_libraries_economic_perspective.pdf (application/pdf Object) eBooks Are Beginning to Replace Textbooks in the Classroom.
Technology has forced changes in the role of textbooks in education, and e-books have been gaining popularity, along with standard textbook rental. Companies like Chegg rent both standard textbooks and e-textbooks, and Amazon’s Kindle Store claims students can save up to 80%, as well as designate the length of the rental. Two of the most popular e-book readers are the Apple iPad, and the Amazon Kindle Fire. The Amazon Kindle Store offers over 1 million publications for use on both platforms, and Apple’s iBooks 2 allows students to engage in interactive material, as well as take assessments. Advances in the online classroom have harbored a more student-oriented approach to learning, as tablet devices can be linked to projectors in the classroom setting.
With these advances comes the concern of content ownerships, copyrights and plagiarism, and it is important for educational institutions to properly manage online ethics, without getting in the way of the classroom learning process. The New York Times > Books > Interactive Feature > A Literary Map of Manhattan. eBooks, Human Rights and Social Justice | The Information Activist Librarian. eBooks are changing everything, or at least that is how some perceive it.
On the other hand, just about every librarian has expressed frustration over the availability of eBooks for libraries. Some librarians lament the checkout limit restrictions imposed by HarperCollins, while others bemoan the price structure and outrageous fee increases from Random House. A large number express a seemingly ceaseless frustration about the infer product availability for eBooks, Overdrive.
Yet, some complain about the lack of eBook materials from Simon and Schuster, Penguin Group, Macmillan, and the Hachette Group. All of these issues and concerns are very real, and valid. However, they most impact the service model of the library. Libraries have been facing an uphill battle in collecting and disseminating eBooks for American citizens. The real issue here is the issue of human rights, inequality and social justice.
Like this: Like Loading... The eBook User’s Bill of Rights. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights is a statement of the basic freedoms that should be granted to all eBook users. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights Every eBook user should have the following rights: the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitationsthe right to access eBooks on any technological platform, including the hardware and software the user choosesthe right to annotate, quote passages, print, and share eBook content within the spirit of fair use and copyrightthe right of the first-sale doctrine extended to digital content, allowing the eBook owner the right to retain, archive, share, and re-sell purchased eBooks I believe in the free market of information and ideas.
I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can flourish when their works are readily available on the widest range of media. Digital Rights Management (DRM), like a tariff, acts as a mechanism to inhibit this free exchange of ideas, literature, and information. I am a reader. School%20Library%20Ebook%20Report_2. Untitled. School Download Library FAQs. eBook Collections for High Schools. School Library Monthly/Volume XXVIII, Number 1/September-October eBook Collections for High Schools by Lura D. Sanborn Lura D. Sanborn is the reference & instruction school librarian at St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH.
eBook collections can exponentially increase a school library's collection for pennies on the dollar when compared to the cost of an identical print collection. This article focuses on eBook collections that, if in print, would be placed in circulating collections. These items are highlighted in each of the following collections: ownership or lease, number of titles, simultaneous or single user access, collection coverage, Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) model availability and pricing, when available. Pricing specific to the high school market was obtained whenever possible. ACLS Humanities eBooks ACLS Humanities eBooks are available direct from the vendor and the Lyrasis consortium. Netlibrary A variety of eBook subject sets are also available for purchase. Ebrary Overdrive.
_Freedman_Kindle_0709. eBook Collections for High Schools. Apple Announces Partnerships to Publish Textbooks on the iPad. For Manny Pacquiao, losing this fight—a rematch against the man who robbed him of victory two years ago—will probably mean the end of one of the most sensational boxing careers ever. When Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas this Saturday night for a rematch with Timothy Bradley, there will be more on the line than the welterweight title of the World Boxing Organization. Thirty-five-year-old Pacquiao is fighting for his country, the Philippines, where he is worshipped; he devotes a substantial chunk of his purses to charities there, as he did two years ago to victims of the super typhoon and earthquake. And Manny’s purses may well represent one of the most substantial flows of cash going into the Philippine Islands.
For Bradley, a defeat wouldn’t be disastrous; if he goes the distance he will remain an attractive opponent for other contenders and perhaps even for Mayweather. But for Manny, every remaining fight will be for his professional life.