tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post6546565117133744311..comments2024-02-03T13:58:08.805-05:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: My Experience With eBooks: Yea or Nay?Jessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-55872675895423412212012-03-20T13:15:08.350-04:002012-03-20T13:15:08.350-04:00I remember trying to use a textbook via NetLibrary...I remember trying to use a textbook via NetLibrary (an OCLC product at the time, if I remember right) for my serials class back in 2004. That was a horrific nightmare that turned me off from using ebooks. It looks like NetLibrary is an EBSCO product now but I have not approached the NetLibrary platform in 7 years.<br /><br />I've got a small Pandigital black and white ereader. Most of the content on it are DRM-free ebooks from Baen Books as well as some conversions via Calibre of Linux Documentation Project monographs. With the printer broken the ereader has also been how I can work with typed speaking scripts for LISTen and is a bit awkward compared to having physical paper mostly due to the slow speed of page changes.<br /><br />I don't have enough physical space to have more physical books. Considering the amount of Linux-related documentation I wind up printing at FedEx Office and CopyMax, print materials are easier for me to use. I wish I had more room for them, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-64570761158892771842012-03-20T10:03:57.605-04:002012-03-20T10:03:57.605-04:00Exactly. It's not that they are more adept, it...Exactly. It's not that they are more adept, it's actually that they are usually more willing to play around with tech to learn it.Jessica Olinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-87505328840367669792012-03-20T10:02:39.277-04:002012-03-20T10:02:39.277-04:00I don't have an eReader, so even though I'...I don't have an eReader, so even though I'd originally read this book as a paperback, for class I read it as pdf I bought from SmashWords. A. W. K. W. A. R. D.<br /><br />I know I'll eventually get a tablet or an eReader, but I've decided I won't be teaching this particular work again any time soon.Jessica Olinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-43982839460501573082012-03-20T10:00:10.330-04:002012-03-20T10:00:10.330-04:00There has been a few studies that back-up your exp...There has been a few studies that back-up your experience. Everyone assumes that the youth love anything tech, but it isn't necessarily true.jdscott50https://www.blogger.com/profile/04229906352079565341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-82688745254174526112012-03-20T09:27:52.967-04:002012-03-20T09:27:52.967-04:00Of course, I love both! I think it is nice to have...Of course, I love both! I think it is nice to have the availability of reading multiple titles and genres, all in one ereader. Of course, that doesn't mean that my bookshelves are any less full. :)<br /><br />I think that adoption is happening, but that the constant media about it is a bit overhyped. Are we going to see more people using them - yes, but not necessarily ending print. Everyone is going to have a preference.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209813611833340226noreply@blogger.com