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From: Ryan, Pat <PRyan_at_aclibrary.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:02:49 -0800
How many times have you been some place - on vacation, visiting, in a hotel or waiting room somewhere - or even just browsing the shelves at a library or bookstore - and just randomly picked up a book to pass the time - and discovered an absolute gem? You've found a book that you probably would never have read otherwise.
Or doing research for some report you find books on the subject with - what a concept - different points of view or historical perspectives.
Are either ebooks or databases going to give this same experience? I don't think so.
Patricia Ryan, Children's Librarian Union City Library 510-745-1464 ext. 19
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From: Hendon, Alison
Sent: Fri 2/12/2010 7:00 AM To: CCBC Subject: RE:
Re. School Libraries
What truly annoys me about this type of comment - we don't need books anymore, it's all on the internet (or Kindle or Sony etc.) - is that it's not true. There are lots and lots of books (especially children's books) that are NOT available in e-format. One of the commenters said that you can get all the books you want from Project Gutenberg - free. Yes and no. Project Gutenberg is a collection of public domain books (i.e. mostly before 1923.) Yes you can get the classics. You can't get the Newbery winners or the Caldecott winners or the Coretta Scott King honorees. Perforce the school's reading lists will be limited to those books that are available as e-books which will greatly impoverish the selection.
I own a Kindle and I love it but I would never give up books!
Alison
Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:02:49 -0800
How many times have you been some place - on vacation, visiting, in a hotel or waiting room somewhere - or even just browsing the shelves at a library or bookstore - and just randomly picked up a book to pass the time - and discovered an absolute gem? You've found a book that you probably would never have read otherwise.
Or doing research for some report you find books on the subject with - what a concept - different points of view or historical perspectives.
Are either ebooks or databases going to give this same experience? I don't think so.
Patricia Ryan, Children's Librarian Union City Library 510-745-1464 ext. 19
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From: Hendon, Alison
Sent: Fri 2/12/2010 7:00 AM To: CCBC Subject: RE:
Re. School Libraries
What truly annoys me about this type of comment - we don't need books anymore, it's all on the internet (or Kindle or Sony etc.) - is that it's not true. There are lots and lots of books (especially children's books) that are NOT available in e-format. One of the commenters said that you can get all the books you want from Project Gutenberg - free. Yes and no. Project Gutenberg is a collection of public domain books (i.e. mostly before 1923.) Yes you can get the classics. You can't get the Newbery winners or the Caldecott winners or the Coretta Scott King honorees. Perforce the school's reading lists will be limited to those books that are available as e-books which will greatly impoverish the selection.
I own a Kindle and I love it but I would never give up books!
Alison
Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org
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