No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Chapter 1: Going Digital but Not Bookless......Page 16
 History......Page 17
 Disadvantages of E-books (Or: Put Down Those Matches)......Page 19
 The Impetus for Paperless Libraries......Page 20
 Experiments with Moving Away from Print Collections......Page 21
 Cushing Academy: Wiping the Slate Clean......Page 22
 Stanford University’s Engineering Library: New Building, New Goals......Page 24
 The University of Texas at San Antonio’s AET Library: New Space, No Print......Page 26
 University of Texas at Austin: Removing the Books and the Designation of “Library”......Page 27
 Summary......Page 28
 Looking Forward......Page 29
Chapter 2: Do E-books Bridge the Digital Divide?......Page 32
 Who Is Poor in the U.S.?......Page 33
 Digital Divide......Page 35
 Case Example: Can the Jones Family Participate in Digital Technologies?......Page 37
 E-reader Pricing and Patron Affluence......Page 42
 Cross-training......Page 44
 Advocates......Page 45
 Conclusion......Page 46
Chapter 3: Accessibility Issues in E-books and E-book Readers......Page 50
 What Is Accessibility in Relation to E-books?......Page 52
 Standards for E-Book Accessibility......Page 55
 What Can E-book Accessibility Cost?......Page 57
 Legal Contexts for E-Boo kReader Accessibility, with a Focus on Higher Education......Page 59
 The Promise of (Certain) Formats......Page 64
 MOBI/AZW......Page 65
 A Note on the Accessibility of E-Book Reading Platforms......Page 68
 Approaches for Stakeholders......Page 69
 Conclusion......Page 73
Chapter 4: Making Sense of Change......Page 76
 The Access Dilemma......Page 77
 Mobile Access to E-books at Yale......Page 78
 Making Sense of Change......Page 82
 Conclusion......Page 84
Chapter 5: E-book Preservation......Page 86
 Digital Preservation......Page 87
 Emerging Organizational Models for Digital Preservation......Page 90
 Preservation Business Modeling Challenges......Page 91
 Other Types of E-books and E-book Publishers......Page 102
 Conclusion......Page 104
Chapter 6: Weeding E-books......Page 108
 To Weed or Not to Weed......Page 109
 Similarities with Weeding Print......Page 110
 Differences with Weeding Print......Page 113
 Conclusion......Page 115
 What Is RDA?......Page 118
 Why Does It Seem to Be Taking So Long to Move to RDA?......Page 119
 Why Do We Need RDA? What Benefits Does RDA Offer Over AACR2?......Page 121
 What Is FRBR?......Page 122
 What Are the Other Benefits of RDA?......Page 125
 Conclusion: What Does RDA Mean for Libraries and E-book Managers?......Page 128
 What Is an “Enhanced E-book”?......Page 130
 The Enhanced E-Book’s Beginnings......Page 132
 The World of Serials: The E-book’s Crystal Ball......Page 133
 Behind the Scenes: Pricing and Versions......Page 135
 Two Basic Ways to Enhance E-books......Page 137
 Scholarly Authors and Enhanced E-books......Page 139
 Conclusion......Page 140
Chapter 9: E-book Sea Changein Public Libraries......Page 142
 E-book Providers: New Players, Major Developments......Page 143
 Legal Issues......Page 146
 Planning the E-reader Collection......Page 147
 Policies......Page 149
 The Sony Reader Library Program......Page 150
 Training Staff and Patrons on E-books and E-readers......Page 151
 Challenges to Training......Page 152
 A Library System with a Dedicated Trainer......Page 153
 Training Without a Dedicated Trainer......Page 154
 Money and Change......Page 156
SPOTLIGHT: HarperCollins, OverDrive, and the ALA: Reactions to Limits on E-Book Access......Page 160
Chapter 10: Libraries as Zones for Content Creation, Indie Publishing, and Print on Demand......Page 170
 Libraries Support Authors and Other Content Creators......Page 173
 Libraries Support Self-Publishing......Page 175
 Libraries Support Print on Demand......Page 177
 Libraries as Content Creators and Publishers......Page 182
 Conclusion......Page 183
Chapter 11: Getting Control, Staying Relevant......Page 186
 Exploring the Possibilities: An E-reader Experiment......Page 190
 Future Steps and Solutions......Page 192
Chapter 12: The iPad Loaner Program at Oberlin College Library......Page 198
 Why Loan Portable Reading Devices?......Page 199
 Pilot Project—Spring 2010......Page 200
 Full Loaner Program—Fall 2010......Page 204
 Observations and Future of the Program......Page 208
Chapter 13: Leading and Learning......Page 210
 Why E-books?......Page 211
 Leadership and Overcoming Obstacles......Page 213
 Making Choices......Page 214
 Issues and Concerns......Page 216
Chapter 14: E-reader Adoption in the School Library Media Center......Page 222
 Why E-readers?......Page 223
 How Do You Pick the Right E-reader?......Page 224
 How Do You Pay for It?......Page 225
 How Do You Pick the Books?......Page 226
 What Do You Do before the Students Touch the E-readers?......Page 227
 What Do Students Need to Know Before Using the E-readers?......Page 228
 How Do You Teach Additional Students to Use E-readers?......Page 229
 What Do E-readers Look Like in Classroom Instruction?......Page 230
 What Lessons Were Learned?......Page 231
 What’s Next?......Page 232
 Conclusion......Page 233
Chapter 15: Give Them Something to Talk About......Page 234
 Why Do High School Students Need Kindles?......Page 235
 Circulation Procedures and Challenges......Page 236
 Student Responses to the Kindles......Page 238
 Best Practices and Recommendations......Page 240
 Future Directions......Page 242
 Postscript......Page 243
Chapter 16: Using E-books with Reluctant Readers......Page 246
Contributors......Page 254
Index......Page 260