1.Kathy PetlewskiElectronic Resources LibrarianPlymouth
District Library [email protected]
2. Accordingto Library Journals latest survey of e-book usage,
collections in academic libraries have increased 93% in the past
year. At the same time, 75% of college students still prefer print
textbooks. (Book Industry Study Group Survey) 3. Conductedin 2010
with 700 students & 10faculty members. Used the CLIP e-textbook
software fromCourseload.Conclusion: Students motivated to use
e-texts to savemoney. Needed the ability to print parts of e-texts.
Faculty supportive of the value in e-texts tostudents. 4. Starts
Spring 2012 semester 4 publishers participating Flat
WorldKnowledge, John Wiley & Sons Inc, BedfordFreeman &
Worth Publishing Group and W.W.Norton. Ebooks can be printed for a
small fee. Students save about 2/3rds price of print. Courseload
software make annotations & workwith classmates via devices.
(iPads & Droidtablets or PC with browser) 5. Open Library:
http://openlibrary.org/ ProjectGutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/
GoogleeBooks: http://books.google.com 6. With a free account, you
can borrow up to5 titles for 2 weeks each. Books be read online
in-browser, ordownloaded to your device. Cooperative pool of ebooks
contributed by1,000 libraries. Show not only e-books, but a listing
for all20 million records. Project of the Internet Archive 7. Many
e-books available to supplementacademic study. Some may be
downloaded while othersare only online, depending on site. Not all
e-reader devices are compatiblewith the different e-books offered.
Tablets and iPads read multiple formatswith apps.
