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conspectus [OCLC] - 0 views
Views: Reviving the Academic Library - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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Library in Transition
David Rothman: How e-Books Could Smarten Up Kids and Stretch Library Dollars: A National Pl... - 0 views
E-books helping surge in library members - Telegraph - 0 views
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"After years of library membership declining and fears that the public no longer wanted to borrow books, some institutions are reporting a spike in interest since they started to offer e-books.
Only a handful of libraries have started to offer the service, but many in the library world are hopeful that the revolution in digital reading can help transform libraries' fortunes, and that the majority of libraries will soon offer downloads as a matter of course, alongside the latest Dan Brown paperback. " [UK focus]
E-Readers: The Future Of Libraries? - 0 views
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Lots of ebook uptake in UK increasing library usage
Sony's New eBook Software Takes Aim at Kindle - 0 views
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Can read ebooks on desktop w/ sony
Medialoper: Is Book Sharing Really a Threat to Publishing? - 0 views
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"Last week bookseller Barnes and Noble unveiled the Nook, its long-awaited eReading device. Although ill-named, the Nook is a worthy competitor to the Kindle, offering a number of features not found on the Amazon device, including LendMe, a feature that allows for controlled sharing of ebooks. While the sharing feature comes with a number of limitations, it would appear to be a small but important step towards making DRM-restricted content slightly more flexible for consumers. There's just one problem - publishers want no part of the Nook's LendMe feature."
The Nomadic Academic: Scholars in the Digital Age: The A4 ebook reader has come... - 0 views
Publishers Delaying Electronic Editions of Major Titles - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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