E-Books/ e-Readers - Waunakee High School



e-Books/ e-Readers

e-Books

|Online Only |Downloadable |

|Need network access to read. |Do not need network access to read. |

|Unlimited access to a book OR one book to one reader access. |Often one book to one reader, but there are variations. Exception: public |

| |domain books allow for unlimited downloads. |

|Must read on a networked computer or networked device. |Can download to a computer or device. |

|Generally accessed from a secondary website. |Can obtain on a secondary website (such as Overdrive) or house the digital copy |

| |on a local website (must then deal with DRM issues) |

|Pay-for online ebooks : |Pay-For Downloadable Books |

|*Tumblebooks ($400.00/year) |*OverDrive |

|*Scholastic’s BookFlix ($1200.00/year) |Ebsco Ebsco E-book Options Brochure |

|*One More Story - $1.10 per student, per year |Follett - note that these can be “downloaded” on a computer but NOT a device |

|*RazKids - Learning A-Z" - $75-85 per classroom per year - handled on|*High School Subscribes |

|the classroom teacher end | |

|*Online book services that at least one Waunakee Elementary School | |

|subscribes to. | |

|Note: Some of these services include home access with a password, | |

|others charge additional for home access. | |

|Note: Money comes from book fairs, building technology budget, book | |

|budget. | |

| | |

|Big Universe | |

|Disney Digital Books | |

|MeeGenius | |

|Rourke Interactive | |

|Capstone Interactive Library | |

|ABC- Cleo | |

|Ebsco Ebsco E-book Options Brochure | |

|Infobase Publishing | |

|Follett | |

|Gale/Cengage | |

|Marshall Cavendish | |

|Rosen Publishing | |

|Free online e-books |Free e-books to download: |

|Elementary Age |Wisconsin Public Library Consortium |

|Children’s Books Online |ePubBooks |

|International Children’s Digital Library |Just Free Books |

|Storyline Online |Digital Book Index (both online and downloadable) |

|Storyplace |Google Books -- Best of Free |

| |Project Guttenberg |

|Middle School - Adult | |

|Bibliomania |The online Books Page (Many titles can be downloaded as PDFs) |

|Digital Book Index (both online and downloadable) |World Public Library |

|The online Books Page (Many titles can be downloaded as PDFs) | |

|Page by Page Books | |

|Read Print | |

| |For Students with Disabilities |

| |Bookshare |

Findings:

63% of high school librarians currently provide either free online e-book access or an online subscription of e-books content to their students

15% of both elementary and middle school librarians provide e-book content.

There is a discussion about building consortiums for the purchase of ebooks.

Public libraries buying more e-books than school libraries.

Most vendors offer e-book MARC records for downloading.

Common e-book formats include: epub, pdf, kindle

Why purchase e-books?:

E-books can provide access to more students and teachers than traditional print books (if allowing for unlimited users per book).

24/7 Access

eBook content does not get lost, stolen or overdue.

Some ebooks have multiple language options.

Tomorrow’s books may exist only in digital format.

There can be cost savings for e-book titles over print titles.

Interactive e-books can be good for emerging and struggling readers

Portability: can carry many e-books on one device.

Can highlight, take notes, search, look up words on many e-readers.

Can change font and color to render more readable to some readers.

Can differentiate reading without it being obvious.

Cautions regarding school library purchase of e-books:

Funding: we cannot assure that we can maintain funding for services such as Overdrive. Though books are purchased, we must continue yearly subscription to service to have access to the books. CSF took a big hit this year.

Some libraries are currently narrowing their collection by purchasing copies of the same title in multiple formats (print, audio, e-book) to accommodate preferences. Is this a good use of our dollars?

Uncertainty about model of delivery. Right now there are many options, each one requiring a different access procedure. It can be confusing to the end-user. Do we want ten different types of e-books and 10 different ways to access them? Ideally, access to e-books would be seamless (example: from Destiny).

Promoting e-books -- Tips

Professional Development with Teachers

Showcase with parents on open house or other event night

Offer to add e-book links or files to teacher pages and Moodles

Include ways to access e-books in newsletter

Provide e-books in different languages to encourage ESL students to use

Add cover images of e-books with hyperlinks from library web page

Include e-book widgets on the library web page

e-Readers

|Student Devices |School Devices |

|Students have itouches, iPhones, iPads, Kindles, Nooks, Sony eReaders, |Classroom devices, devices to check out from the library or both? |

|netbooks and laptops. | |

|Delivery model would be to allow students to download e-books to their |Do we check out the device with pre-downloaded books? How to we keep track? |

|own devices for a limited time period (unless book is in public |Do we catalog the device or the titles on the device? Does every device have |

|domain). Students with networked devices could also access e-books on |the same books or different books? How do we decide which e-titles to |

|the network. |purchase? |

|Problem: would need to consider equitable access for students without |Nook touches are currently being piloted--is this the best device? What about|

|devices. |the iPad? Kindles are now very cheap.. |

|Potential DRM issues unless using a service such as OverDrive. |How do we go about maintaining device hardware & software? |

|Problem: need wireless access if using devices. |Legal issues: How many e-books can be loaded onto one device? 6? Does it |

| |depend on who is managing the devices and title purchases? |

Findings:

School librarians are usually cataloging and checking out devices rather than the e-books on the devices.

Resources:

eReader Resources -- Internet Public Library (IPL)

Edutopia Librarian Discussion Group

Ning: e-Book Educators Group

Many Good e-reader Links

Blog: The Unquiet Librarian

Blog: The Adventures of Library Girl

Article: “P-Books vs. EBooks: Are There Educational Issues?”

Article: “Digital Books for Digital Natives”

Article: “High-Tech Service Unlocks Books for Pupils”

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