Preface:

I am very excited and a little confused!

My school e-story

An e-book . . .is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book, sometimes restricted with a digital rights management system. An e-book, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English, is “an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device designed specifically for this purpose.”[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook

h"p://www.ny*mes.com/2010/07/20/technology/20kindle.html?_r=2  

h"p://online.wsj.com/ar*cle/SB10001424052748704285104575491863029792640.html?mod=wsj_share_twi"er  

Here’s  Kate.  “The  Library.”30  April  2006.  Flickr.  Web.  31  Aug.  2010.  <  h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/95272747@N00/137413905>.  

Chapter 1:

Booky e-books (Hardware-driven)

Reasons to e-celebrate: • Portability! • Storing lots of books! • Searching capabilities • Bookmarking! Annotating! • Remembering pages • Price • Immediate downloads! • Books move with you across your devices • Adjustable font size • Privacy • Potential for currency

h"p://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_ereaderapps?cmpid=SA_20100714_v2  

From:  “Ditch  the  Backpack,  Go  Digital.”  The  Storage  Effect.  5  Apr.  2010.    Web.  31  Aug.  2010.  <  h"p://storageeffect.media.seagate.com/2010/04/storage-­‐effect/ditch-­‐the-­‐backpack-­‐go-­‐digital/>.  

h"p://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/coursesmart-­‐launches-­‐e-­‐textbooks-­‐for-­‐ipad/  

h"p://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy/coming_soon.asp?PID=34505  

our  pilot  

book  clubs?  

circula-ng  

fic-on/non

fic-on?  

6 copies

per account

audio?  

ac-ve  reading?  

Tekiya.  “Godzilla  King  Kong  Small.:  Flickr.    Web.  3  Sep.  2010.    <h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/449/4119213193/>.  

Who will dominate?

(my  collec*on)  

No current standard.

When should we jump in and how deep?

h"p://www.switched.com/2010/08/30/the-­‐best-­‐e-­‐readers-­‐compared-­‐kindle-­‐kobo-­‐nook-­‐and-­‐reader-­‐throw/  

h"p://reviews.cnet.com/8301-­‐31747_7-­‐20001650-­‐243.html  

Chapter 2: Web-based. “Look mom, no device!”  

h"p://springfieldebooks.wikispaces.com/  

h"p://only2clicks.com/pages/joycevalenza/348527  

h"p://www.icdlbooks.org/icdl/  

h"p://www.biguniverse.com/  

h"p://www.inanimatealice.com/  

h"p://www.uoguelph.ca/shakespeare/rjfolio.cfm  

I  want  all  my  Shakespeare    to  look  like  this!!  

h"p://storylineonline.net/  

h"p://www.mrsp.com  

h"p://www.audiobookcommunity.com/group/sync  

Chapter 3: Web-based nonfiction and reference and curricular stuff  

True catalog confession:

I am very confused.

How am I supposed to catalog all that stuff coming from all those sources—free and not so free—and is my catalog where they are really going to start? And will my decisions need to be vendor-specific?  

Essential e-question:

h"p://www.aboulolle"ebooks.com  

But  what  if  I  don’t    order  my  books  from  Folle"?  

Will these books load in catalogs other than Destiny?

Can I load these On my Kindles, Nooks, iPads, etc?

Chapter 4:

Essential Question: How can I get students to the e-stuff they need?  

We  

embedding!  

h"p://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/  

h"p://hamletremixed.wikispaces.com/  

h"p://vizzacheroseniorthesis.wikispaces.com/Books+and+stuff  

h"p://only2clicks.com/pages/joycevalenza/332363  

Chapter 5:

Goin’ mobile  

Afterward: True e-confession:

I am confused.

What  happens  when  the  container  fades?  

Essential questions: Will the future be vendor/platform driven?

Will librarians and users have a voice in the direction?

Chapter 6:

This is a tipping point. (And we need a voice, a seat at the table.)

h"p://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/09/02/why_i_wont_buy_ereaders  

Nine-­‐year-­‐olds  currently  exist  who  will  recall,  years  from  now,  the  first  *me  they  read  "Charlo"e's  Web"  on  their  iPads,  and  I'm  going  to  have  to  let  that  go.  For  me,  there's  just  s*ll  something  universal  about  ink  on  paper,  the  dog-­‐earing  of  yellowed  pages,  the  loans  to  friends,  the  discovery  of  a  rela*ve's  secret  universe  of  interests  via  the  pile  on  their  nightstand.  And  it's  not  really  hyperbole  to  say  it  makes  me  feel  disconnected  from  humanity  to  imagine  these  rituals  funneled  into  copy/paste  func*ons,  annotated  files  on  a  screen  that  could,  poten*ally,  crash.  

h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BK_2VULCU&feature=player_embedded