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E-Books and Public Libraries

A quick word about TCPL

DRM: Concerns—what keeps us awake at night

Eliminating the “First sale” doctrine

Enforcing a “Pay-per-use” model of information dissemination

Eliminating “fair use” and other exceptions in Copyright Law that underpin education, criticism, and scholarship

Anyone remember this?

Technology & Reading

Libraries are about service

Take a risk !Don’t get stuck in the planning

stage

Where we started

Records: What the public sees right now

Records

Nintendo DS XL

But a list is always helpful

What to buy? Identify equipment and peripheralsWhat policies, statistical tracking, procedures and

training are needed?Records in catalog—how to display device and materials

on them?IT support?Publicity and FAQ’sWhat do users think about the service?? Ask the public

and staff about convenience, ease of use and collection available.

Collaborate and learn from others—we learned from River Forest Public Library!

Develop collection development policies for devices

What we’re buying and why

B&N

NOOK

Sony E-reader Pocket Edition

iPod & iPad Nintendo Dsi XL

Paleo-Future: A Look into the Future that Never Was/

Additional Information

http://bit.ly/9wYCuT “E-book Sales up 204.2% for the Year to Date”, Association of American Publishers, August 19, 2010

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/copyright/digitalrights/index.cfm American Library Association

http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/drm/drmleg.shtml Association of Research Libraries Copyright Information

http://bit.ly/a0LJiA Books and Literacy in the Digital Age (American Libraries, Posted Tue, July 7, 2010)

http://chronicle.com/article/Will-the-Book-Survive/124115 Chronicle of Higher Education

http://bit.ly/9AW3lg eBook Devices Cheat Sheet: A librarian reference tool, Digital Library Blog

http://bit.ly/cLucQ9 (Review of Sony e-reader by Jonathan Bray on PC Pro Blog, September 9, 2010)

Additional Information

http://bit.ly/bvvXff Digital Revolution in children’s publishing: (Karen Springen, Publishers Weekly, July 19, 2010 )

http://bit.ly/bSOBUu Fast Company: Survey: Those With E-book Readers Read 40% More Than Physical Book Readers, August 26, 2010

http://bit.ly/dgM74M (Fast Company Review of Nook App on Android, July 22, 2010)

http://nyr.kr/c9wasv “Letter from Japan”, New Yorker, December 22, 2008

http://rww.to/dnxLdT (ReadWriteWeb 5 ways e-books are better, August 10, 2010)

http://rww.to/dBrcJo (ReadWriteWeb 5 ways print is better, August 11, 2010)

http://www.overdrive.com/files/PubWhitePaper.pdf Overdrive White Paper about e-booksContact: scurrie@tcpl.org