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This presentation from the MANTLE conference 2014 by Pru Mitchell and Colleen Foley, NSW DEC highlights the possibilities and educational value of e-books and digital content for school libraries. It draws on an evidence base that includes research undertaken in NSW school libraries. It includes discussion of key issues involved in the management of e-books in schools, including areas such as Digital Rights Management (DRM), procurement, operations and lending and access.

"Why Genrifying Your Collection Makes It Harder to Find Things And therein is the fault with genrifying our libraries on the shelves; a title one person might classify as a mystery might be considered romance to another. Or what if it's both? Or both and also dystopian? You can add different tags if the book is in your library catalog. The book probably has multiple subject listings. Students and teachers have various search pathways: keyword, subject, title, and an advanced Boolean search. But it only has one location on the shelf."