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LibrarylinkNJ
E-books: What’s happening now
and What you need to know
Carolyn Foote
November 2012
LibraryLinkNJ Webinar
flickr: ownipics
LibraryLinkNJ
needs
flickr: stevendepolo
patrons LibrarylinkNJ
flickr: cloned milkman
Slide from:
http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Oct/Librari
es-Transformed.aspx
purpose
flickr: Mike Licht
Slide from:
http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Oct/Libra
ries-Transformed.aspx
formats
flickr: bracketing life
evaluating
flickr: san_drino
questions
E-book options
flickr: rofltosh
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
flickr jazamarripae
misunderstanding
flickr: mtsofan
lack of titles
transitory
platforms
flickr: wolfpix
inconsistent
interfaces
flickr: miuenski
privacy
flickr: alan cleaver
digital rights
flickr: jbonnain
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/
•
flickr: Phil Dokas
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
•
flickr: raven photographic
Get in touch
• Carolyn Foote
• November 2012
Austin, Texas
•
email:
blog:
www.futura.edublogs.org
flickr: hellojenuine
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