LibrarylinkNJ

E-books: What’s happening now

and What you need to know

Carolyn Foote

November 2012

LibraryLinkNJ Webinar

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LibraryLinkNJ

needs

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patrons LibrarylinkNJ

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Slide from:

http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Oct/Librari

es-Transformed.aspx

purpose

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Slide from:

http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Oct/Libra

ries-Transformed.aspx

input

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VWWLVBD

formats

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evaluating

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questions

E-book options

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Overdrive

Follett Shelf

Mackin VIA

Britannica

Capstone

Axis 360

3M

Gale Virtual

Reference Library

Ebsco

Proquest ebrary

myilibrary

devices

devices

free e-books

free e-books

dilemmas/problems?

Text

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misunderstanding

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lack of titles

transitory

platforms

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inconsistent

interfaces

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privacy

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digital rights

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trending

patron driven

acquisitions

crowdsourced

independence

publicity

opportunities

More

• AASL. E-books/E-readers.

http://tinyurl.com/aaslebooks

• Polanka, Sue. No Shelf

Required 1 and 2. ALA Ed.

No Shelf Required Blog

http://www.libraries.wright.edu/n

oshelfrequired/

• Digital Reader. http://www.the-

digital-reader.com/

Foote, Carolyn. Battle of the E-

books (Prezi)

www.tinyurl.com/ebookbattle

• Hamilton, Buffy. Choosing an

ebook platform.

http://tinyurl.com/ebookplatform

Follow trends • Polanka, Sue. E-book Technology

Report ALA

http://tinyurl.com/ebookreport

• Douglas County

http://douglascountylibraries.org/cont

ent/ebooks-and-DCL

• E-books on Fire

http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/de

c11/Hamaker.shtml

• Unglue It. http://unglue.it

• Rainie, Lee. Libraries Transformed.

Pew Research Center, 2012.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet

/libraries-transformedresearch-on-

the-changing-role-of-libraries

• UNGLUE

• Unglueit https://unglue.it/

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Tools

• E-book use survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

s/VWWLVBD

• Sample E-book evaluation

checklist

http://tinyurl.com/ebookform

Sample E-book evaluation form

(advanced)

http://tinyurl.com/ebookformadv

anced

• Questions from EFF

https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-

books-and-your-rights

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Get in touch

• Carolyn Foote

• November 2012

Austin, Texas

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email:

cfoote@eanesisd.net

blog:

www.futura.edublogs.org

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