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Final Project Proposal
Benoit, Higgins, Marcus, Posey
10 / 18 / 09
LIS 506: R 2:00-4:40
Last week two articles appeared in the New York Times: “Off the Shelf Onto the Laptop: Libraries Try Digital Books,” and “Jane Friedman Starts Open Road Integrated Media, an E-Book Company” (both by Motoko Rich).
Our group seeks to pick up where these articles leave off. What is the role of e-books and libraries? More specifically, what do e-books mean for libraries? Librarians? Patrons? Publishers? No doubt e-books increase accessibility of books - enticing patrons who may not use libraries. However, what do e-books mean for publishers?
Evan, Lawrence, Amber, and I hope to approach e-books objectively. By the same token, we hope to look into them skeptically - asking tough questions. According to Rich, “Some librarians suggest that because digital books never wear out, take up no shelf space and could, in theory, be read by multiple people at the same time, the purchasing model for e-books should be different than it is for print.” However, “some publishers worry that the convenience of borrowing books electronically could ultimately cut into sales of print editions” (Rich 1). Certainly e-books are a contentious subject - divisive to say the least - pitting patrons, librarians, and publishers.
Simply put, we selected e-books because we are curious. More importantly, we selected e-books because technology advances faster and faster. Now more than ever, libraries rely on technology. The rise of the internet, for instance, changed - and continues to change - libraries.
What about e-books? Drawing from a range of sources, we seek to outline prevailing attitudes, conceptions, conclusions surrounding e-books.
Rich, M. (2009, October 16). Off the Shelf Onto the Laptop: Libraries Try Digital Books. New York Times. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com.
Rich, M. (2009, October 16). Jane Friedman Starts Open Road Integrated Media, an E-Book Company. New York Times. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com.
Ross, L. & Sennyey, P. (2008). The Library is Dead, Long Live the Library! The Practice of Academic Librarianship and the Digital Revolution. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 24(2), 145-152. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.12.006.
Benoit, Higgins, Marcus, Posey
10 / 18 / 09
LIS 506: R 2:00-4:40
Last week two articles appeared in the New York Times: “Off the Shelf Onto the Laptop: Libraries Try Digital Books,” and “Jane Friedman Starts Open Road Integrated Media, an E-Book Company” (both by Motoko Rich).
Our group seeks to pick up where these articles leave off. What is the role of e-books and libraries? More specifically, what do e-books mean for libraries? Librarians? Patrons? Publishers? No doubt e-books increase accessibility of books - enticing patrons who may not use libraries. However, what do e-books mean for publishers?
Evan, Lawrence, Amber, and I hope to approach e-books objectively. By the same token, we hope to look into them skeptically - asking tough questions. According to Rich, “Some librarians suggest that because digital books never wear out, take up no shelf space and could, in theory, be read by multiple people at the same time, the purchasing model for e-books should be different than it is for print.” However, “some publishers worry that the convenience of borrowing books electronically could ultimately cut into sales of print editions” (Rich 1). Certainly e-books are a contentious subject - divisive to say the least - pitting patrons, librarians, and publishers.
Simply put, we selected e-books because we are curious. More importantly, we selected e-books because technology advances faster and faster. Now more than ever, libraries rely on technology. The rise of the internet, for instance, changed - and continues to change - libraries.
What about e-books? Drawing from a range of sources, we seek to outline prevailing attitudes, conceptions, conclusions surrounding e-books.
Rich, M. (2009, October 16). Off the Shelf Onto the Laptop: Libraries Try Digital Books. New York Times. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com.
Rich, M. (2009, October 16). Jane Friedman Starts Open Road Integrated Media, an E-Book Company. New York Times. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com.
Ross, L. & Sennyey, P. (2008). The Library is Dead, Long Live the Library! The Practice of Academic Librarianship and the Digital Revolution. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 24(2), 145-152. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.12.006.