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Today I practically stumbled upon something so massive it’s amazing I didn’t bump into it earlier. The Digital Book Index is a meta-indexing project that provides links to over 165,000 full-text digital books, the vast majority of them free, though some come with a fee. Some of their key topics are: Arts: Art & graphic arts, architecture, dance, . . . → Read More: Digital Book Index: pure delight Is the book really dead? I just heard about an adorable book by Lane Smith, called “It’s a Book.” There’s a donkey talking to a monkey who’s just sitting there reading a book. The donkey doesn’t get it. Does it tweet? Where’s your mouse? He goes on and on but then finally asks to see the . . . → Read More: It’s a Book Did you hear the news? Boston Public Library, Overdrive’s partner, now has 15,000 Project Gutenberg e-books in their Overdrive collection. They are accessed through the Overdrive platform, have no checkout or check in, but are also counted in their stats. The advantage is one-stop shopping. Overdrive says it will be available to all of us in the . . . → Read More: Overdrive & Project Gutenberg e-books I just received a request from a state agency for audio books. After spending some frustrating minutes with our Overdrive collection I had this idea: Has anyone ever heard of Apple licensing their iTunes store software? I think that iTunes would be the perfect platform for libraries to use to provide access to their digital . . . → Read More: Is an iLibrary in Your Future? |
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Books are going out the door
The Boston Globe reported a week ago that the Cushing Academy, a prestigious prep school in western Massachusetts, is replacing its 20,000-volume book collection with a “learning center” containing 18 eBook readers and three giant TV screens. It’s replacing the reference desk with a $12,000 espresso machine.
“It’s a little strange, but this is the future.”
ALA executive . . . → Read More: Books are going out the door