eBook Notes
ebrary example in consuls "Understanding fitness [electronic
resource] : how exercise fuels health and fights disease "
need to add more links
Notes ( lots from Eric Hellman
- In the print world circulating
libraries made sense because the cost of lending was less
than the cost of marginal production.
- In thinking about what roles
libraries will play when all books are e-books, I keep coming
back to a conclusion that sounds odd at first: the
prospective role of libraries will be entwined with that of
piracy in the e-book ecosystem. While there are fundamental
differences between e-book libraries and e-book pirates,
there are important similarities.
- Some people will be able to buy but
others may not. Academic libraries subsidize
publishing so students can have access.
University of
Texas guide to
ebooks:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/students/find/findebooks.html
University of
Texas sources for
ebooks:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/etext.html
Iowa list of ebook
collections
from GoToHellman
We must recognize that "free and easy" access to digital
content is not only not going to happen, it is the enemy of
universal access. If librarians insist that the digital content
be available to all their patrons wherever they are, they will
lose that which I believe is more important still the chance to
make it available at all. -Tim
But carried to its logical conclusion, the notion that
libraries will be useful primarily as providers of
inconvenience in service of ebook market segmentation will be
hard for many to swallow. And it's not much of a business model
for the libraries. So, "libraries are still screwed". -Eric
the library of the future gives you access to everything, but
you can't leave the building, so be it -Tim (public libraries)
eBook economics
for libraries