Getting Virtual in the High School Library :

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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

Presented by Melissa Elrod and Annette
Williford Louisiana Library Association
Conference March 13, 2009 Baton Rouge Capital
Hilton
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

The Evolution of the book Made from Clay to wax
To papyrus To vellum To cloth To paper Stored as
tablets, scrolls, and foliois Bound in horn,
leather, cloth, and paper So whats next?
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

The wide-scale use of the mature e-book will
have a more profoundand far more suddeneffect
on the role of the librarian than the invention
of the printing press. Doug Johnson, 2004
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

What is an ebook? Books in digital form Placed
on a server or on the internet Accessible by one
or many Public domain, purchased, or subscribed
to
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

• Types of ebooks
• Ebook on cdrom
• Downloadable ebook
• via the internet, to be read on a computer
• in PDF or Acrobat
• special ebook software
• require a special ebook reader
• free or for a fee

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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

• Advantages of ebooks
• Reference
• Easy and convenient access
• Multiple users at the same time
• Not necessary to be in the library to access
• Available 24 hours a day
• Provides access to more titles than are
  affordable in print

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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

Advantages of ebooks Ebooks are lasting No need
to replace Do not go out of print Not heavy Do
not take up space
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

Disadvantages of ebooks Delivery of information
varies Printing of information varies Types,
formats require software and hardware Annual
payment of licensing fee Check archival
rights Keep the print version?
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

Implications for School Libraries Collection
Development Funding Reading comprehension Change
Physical space Tools Jobs
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

eBooks in the classroom Foreign
Language www.icdlbooks.org     Spanish speaking 
countries     French Monuments Science    
Global warming     Endangered Species    
Diseases     Engineering       
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

eBooks in the classroom Social Studies    
American Decades     Roles of Government    
Countries and cultures     World History     
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

eBooks in the classroom   Literature     Ancient
Rome     Shakespeare     American writers    
British writers     Author studies     Settings -
country            
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

Personal experiences with ebooks Gale virtual
Reference Library Follett ebook Public Domain
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Getting Virtual in the High School Library

• The Pros and Cons of Ebooks

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