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Title No shelf required 2 : use and management of electronic books / edited by Sue Polanka
Published Chicago : American Library Association, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : illustrations
Contents Going digital but not bookless : physical, digital library spaces / Amelia Brunskill -- E-books : do they bridge the digital divide? / Sarah E. Twill -- Accessibility issues in e-books and e-book readers / Ken Petri -- Making sense of change : e-books, access, and the academic library / Lisa Carlucci Thomas -- E-book preservation : business and content challenges / Amy Kirchhoff -- Weeding e-books / Alice Crosetto -- What is RDA, and why should e-book managers care? / Steve Kelley -- Enhanced e-books : how books are coming alive in the digital environment / Sylvia K. Miller -- E-book sea change in public libraries : lending, devices, training, and budgets / Michael Porter, Matt Weaver, and Bobbi Newman -- Libraries as zones for content creation, Indie Publishing, and print on demand / Thomas A. Peters -- Getting control, staying relevant : how libraries can push the e-book envelope to their advantage / Joseph Sanchez -- The iPad loaner program at Oberlin College Library / Jessica Grim and Allison Gallaher -- Leading and learning : technology and e-book adoption in school libraries / Carolyn Foote -- E-reader adoption in the school library media center : a journey of collaboration and discovery / Jennifer LaGarde and Christine James -- Give them something to talk about : the Kindle pilot program at the Unquiet Library / Buffy Hamilton -- Using e-books with reluctant readers / Kathy Parker
Summary E-book content, devices, and services have created challenges for libraries-- as well as opportunities. Because the e-book playing field is constantly changing, any predictions are, at best, tenuous. Librarians must be resilient in order to manage-- and not be managed by-- e-books and their progenies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Libraries -- Special collections.
Electronic books.
Libraries and electronic publishing -- Management
e-books.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing.
Electronic books
Libraries -- Special collections
Elektronisches Buch
Bibliothek
Digitaliseren.
Form Electronic book
Author Polanka, Sue.
LC no. 2011040497
ISBN 9780838993828
0838993826
9780838993859
0838993850
9780838993835
0838993834
9780838993842
0838993842
9781283435499
1283435497
9786613435491
661343549X
Other Titles No shelf required two