It has been very interesting working through all of this, and I have learned about a lot of things available on the web which I was not aware of before.
There are many tools available, many of which I was not aware of before. Many seem like they could be very useful, or at least fun.
In particular, Wikis and Video sharing, both with user generated content seem to have had a large impact on modern society. It's fun, interesting and informative, which happens to also be what libraries strive to achieve as well.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
E-books
Ebooks sound like a very good idea, as it offers books to people who dont have access to the library, or people whose local libraries do not have books they would like.
It is also free, easily transferrable, compact, and convenient.
Project Gutenburg has a lot of famous texts free of charge, which I did not expect. Of course, most recent novels are copyrighted so are not available.
The downside of E-books is that the process of reading so many pages on a computer screen or similar device tires the eyes and makes it difficult to read large sections at a time. Printing it out would use a lot of paper and ink, as well as printing time, which makes it more worthwhile to just borrow/buy the actual book in my opinion.
E-books do have potential though, but I prefer ink on paper
It is also free, easily transferrable, compact, and convenient.
Project Gutenburg has a lot of famous texts free of charge, which I did not expect. Of course, most recent novels are copyrighted so are not available.
The downside of E-books is that the process of reading so many pages on a computer screen or similar device tires the eyes and makes it difficult to read large sections at a time. Printing it out would use a lot of paper and ink, as well as printing time, which makes it more worthwhile to just borrow/buy the actual book in my opinion.
E-books do have potential though, but I prefer ink on paper
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