Library 2.0 Gang 09/09: eBooks & eReaders
The Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader are spreading their influence across libraries, especially in North America. Our guest this month is Orion Pozo from North Carolina State University where he has helped rollout a couple of Sony Readers and a few dozen Kindles of various versions, for students to loan.
The interest of the Gang this month (Marshall Breeding, Carl Grant, Frances Haugen) soon moved on from the student experience and current practicalities at NCSU, to the wider potential and impact of eBooks on the world of libraries.
There was some disagreement on timing, but all were clear as to size of revolution that readily available eBooks in open formats, on devices that add value to the reading experience, will have on libraries over the next few years. It may not be too long before the roles, of normal format and special request technical novelty, of the book and the eBook are reversed.
As a former project manager on Google Book Search, Frances provided some insights in to their experience in this area and the way the current settlement with authors and publishers going through legal processes at the moment will influence the spread of books in digital form in libraries.
Also announced in this month’s show were the three winners of the Mashup Idea Competition – check them out.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:42 am
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September 11th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
[...] Marshall Breeding (Vanderbilt), Carl Grant (ExLibris), and Frances Haugen (Google Books) ask questions about features, logistics, response from students, duplication of print titles, grouping of six readers for maximum use of Amazon licenses, capabilities of different Kindles, Google ebooks, etc. At UNC the Info Commons service desk handles check-out of technology devices. Kindles are available for check-out in all libraries at the university, shipped out from the main library. Library Gang 2009/09/11 [...]
September 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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September 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Must thank you for this discussion on ebooks. Through discussions such as this the ebook publishers are starting to realise the need to consider libraries in their planning. I couldn’t help but come to the aid of Marshall as he was defending the paper copy book. I really feel that it’s the secondary school market and tertiary that will go first rather than the recreational reads and I think that’s the point Marshall was making. All those expensive science and maths books that cost $70 – $100 each and have been the bread and butter of the publishers here in Australia.
Thanks for a great show, as always. I’m in a secondary school library in Victoria, Australia and look forward to your podcast. Keep up the good work. Regards Camilla