http://www.scottporad.com/2009/10/07/kindle-and-the-library/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.scottporad.com/2009/10/07/kindle-and-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Chris Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:51:09 +0000 http://scottporad.com/?p=1075#comment-464 Our library (like many others) provides a free service (Overdrive) to allow patrons to download first-run ebooks and eaudiobooks from home or the library. We offer Playaways, MP3-CD books, as well as standard audiobooks, but there will always be demand for actual physical books. Amazon's recent fiasco with George Orwell's books (where they deleted them from users Kindles without their consent) showed the importance of having real copies that can't be altered, Big Brother-style. We are looking at Kindles or Nooks to set out in the library, for patrons to access magazines and newspapers that we currently do not offer - not for checkout. Our library (like many others) provides a free service (Overdrive) to allow patrons to download first-run ebooks and eaudiobooks from home or the library. We offer Playaways, MP3-CD books, as well as standard audiobooks, but there will always be demand for actual physical books. Amazon’s recent fiasco with George Orwell’s books (where they deleted them from users Kindles without their consent) showed the importance of having real copies that can’t be altered, Big Brother-style.
We are looking at Kindles or Nooks to set out in the library, for patrons to access magazines and newspapers that we currently do not offer – not for checkout.

]]> http://www.scottporad.com/2009/10/07/kindle-and-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-283 fareza Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:49:54 +0000 http://scottporad.com/?p=1075#comment-283 Libraries in future are not just going to be places of grasping contents out of books .They are going to be places of overall development of people of all ages enhancing their skills ,creativity etc by group discussions. Libraries in future are not just going to be places of grasping contents out of books .They are going to be places of overall development of people of all ages enhancing their skills ,creativity etc by group discussions.

]]> http://www.scottporad.com/2009/10/07/kindle-and-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-282 fareza Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:36:22 +0000 http://scottporad.com/?p=1075#comment-282 all the hardbooks will be replaced by e books future libraries will all contain systems than so i think it will be a library without books all the hardbooks will be replaced by e books future libraries will all contain systems than so i think it will be a library without books

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