GREENWOOD DIGITAL COLLECTION
Ramsey Library is very pleased to announce the availability of the Greenwood Digital Collection provided under the auspices and funding of NC LIVE. This is a collection of complete e-books all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. It includes the series Daily Life Through History, Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors, Historic Events of the 20th Century, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography. This is brand new. I haven’t even found out how many titles are available and have barely played with it, but give it a try at:
http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/scripts/redirect.pl?db=www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?rsrc=229.
At present, ACCESS IS LIMITED TO ON-CAMPUS, ONLY.
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MORE ON ELECTRONIC BOOKS
In most recent issue of its “practitioner’s journal,” EQ: Educause Quarterly, the preeminent association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology addresses the evolution of electronic books in relation to higher education. In a brief essay, Charles Edward Smith, a computer administrator, argues in favor to Google’s library scanning project in spite of the associated complexities including copyright and indexing. He concludes that “. . . the successful transfer of knowledge is the task that lies before us,” and that “Any effort that responsibly furthers the task benefits all of us.”
Smith, Edward Charles. “A Few Thought on the Google Books Library Project.” EQ, 31:1 (2008), 10-11.
On another and intriguing front, an Associate Professor of Information Technology Leadership explores “E-Texts in the Classroom.” You may not realize it, but several UNC Asheville faculty are using electronic texts as their textbook already giving their students the opportunity to “rent” these e-texts for the semester at very competitive rates. Opportunities are likely only to improve as does the technology. Check out EQ’s take and information about the new Kindle reader at:
Hannon, Charles. “E-Texts in the Classroom.” EQ, 31:1 (2008), 12-13.
Levy, Steven. “The Future of Reading.” Newsweek, November 26, 2007, pp. 58-64.
Posted by Brandy on April 4, 2008 2:49 PM
