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E-books in libraries: a global question of survival?

The transformation of the media market and the emergence of eBooks is causing great changes to library models worldwide. The answers we find to the challenges emerging, and the positions and models we develop will be crucial for our future. This is the reason why IFLA’s Management of Library Associations (MLAS) Committee and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) are organizing an important seminar in London in February.

Over hundreds of years libraries decided what books to buy and use for public lending in accordance with their collection building policies. In the world of e-books libraries no longer have such a right. It is a significant - and in our view unacceptable - change that today the acquisition policies of libraries may be decided by publishers and not by libraries themselves. The challenge is to find solutions to this problem.  It is a question of our survival.

IFLA is deeply concerned about this development. Currently, the Governing Board and experts are elaborating “IFLA Principles on eLending”. IFLA will be concentrating on this issue during 2013 with workshops and presentations. The start will be MLAS/CILIP seminar in London.

Experts from all continents will report on the situation around the world, and successful lobbying activities and campaigns will be presented. IFLA will present fundamental position papers. Together, we want to develop new strategies.

If you want to know what happens worldwide and deal with this problem together with IFLA, come to the seminar in London. Work on new strategies together with us.

Fonte: IFLA

The rise of e-reading

One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift-giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks.¹ In mid-December 2011, 17% of American adults had reported they read an e-book in the previous year; by February, 2012, the share increased to 21%.

The rise of e-books in American culture is part of a larger story about a shift from printed to digital material. Using a broader definition of e-content in a survey ending in December 2011, some 43% of Americans age 16 and older say they have either read an e-book in the past year or have read other long-form content such as magazines, journals, and news articles in digital format on an e-book reader, tablet computer, regular computer, or cell phone.

Those who have taken the plunge into reading e-books stand out in almost every way from other kinds of readers. Foremost, they are relatively avid readers of books in all formats: 88% of those who read e-books in the past 12 months also read printed books.² Compared with other book readers, they read more books. They read more frequently for a host of reasons: for pleasure, for research, for current events, and for work or school. They are also more likely than others to have bought their most recent book, rather than borrowed it, and they are more likely than others to say they prefer to purchase books in general, often starting their search online.

The growing popularity of e-books and the adoption of specialized e-book reading devices are documented in a series of new nationally representative surveys by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project that look at the public’s general reading habits, their consumption of print books, e-books and audiobooks, and their attitudes about the changing ways that books are made available to the public.

Estarão os livros condenados a desaparecer? Books ebooks & Cia.

ESTARÃO OS LIVROS CONDENADOS A DESAPARECER? - BOOKS, E-BOOKS & CO

18 de Maio | 14:00h
Auditório da Biblioteca

Moderador: José Moura (DDB/FCT-UNL)





Convidados:

• Bruno Duarte Eiras (Biblioteca Municipal de Algés)
• R. David Lankes (Information Institute of Syracuse)
• Maria do Rosário Pedreira (Grupo editorial Leya)
• Nuno Seabra Lopes (Book Tailors)

Ciclo de debates "Fronteiras" 2011

The ABCs of E-Reading

The real losers in the ascendancy of e-books are public libraries who are seeing the last of their business model go out the window.

The ABCs of E-Reading - Geoffrey Fowler / Marie Baca

The future of The Book:

51% of e-reader owners increased their purchases of e-books in the past year.
9% of consumers increased their purchases of hardcover books in the past year.
2.6 Average number of books read by e-reader owners in a month.
1.9 Average number of books read by print-book readers in a month.
176% Increase in U.S. electronic-book sales in 2009.
1.8% Decrease in U.S. book sales in 2009 from a year earlier.
86% of e-reader owners read on their device more than once a week.
51% of e-reader owners read on their device on a daily basis.

Comparativo de leitores de e-books

O último número da revista Ler inclui um interessante quadro comparativo com oito leitores de e-books: Longshine Shinebooks SB-E60A, Bookeen Cybook Gen3 Gold Edition, Hanvon WISEreader N518, Cool-ER CL-600, Bebook Neo, Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-650, Onyx Boox 60 Wifi Ebook e o Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi.
A informação referida foi dada pelos fabricantes a selecção dos equipamentos é da responsabilidade da revista Ler.

A edição de Novembro da revista da Deco Proteste também faz um comparativo com 10 modelos de leitores de e-books. Como ainda não li este comparativo logo que possível tento partilha-lo aqui no blog.

Para os mais indecisos esta pode ser uma boa ajuda!

Fonte: Revista Ler

Revista Ler em "formato e-book"

A edição de Novembro da revista Ler tem "formato de e-book".Ainda não numa versão literal, mas aproveitando a actualidade do tema e como mote para um artigo sobre leitores de e-books.

LEITORES DIGITAIS EM OITO PROPOSTAS

Não têm cheiro, mas gigas de memória. Não precisam de prateleiras – em poucos centímetros guardam centenas de ebooks. Não suportam folhas de papel, nem lombadas, mas sim «formatos», como o PDF ou o RTF. E custam entre 135 e 350 euros.

Mais informações aqui.