I agree, Carol. And what about fiction? You can't curl up in a cumfy chair with a
computer. And not everyone has an iPod. Are they going to provide iPods for the
entire student body? I work in a high free and reduced lunch school. This would
never fly here.
Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
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> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0500
> From: csimpson@CAROLSIMPSON.COM
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] GEN: Bookless Library
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> I watched that report, and while I have no problem with e-books, I find
> one thing the Superintendent said highly suspicious. He claimed that
> they could save $129 per textbook by getting the books electronically
> ("Why pay $130 for a textbook when we can get it on disk for $1?") I
> can't imagine a typical (for example) history book that can even begin
> to pay the royalties on the images in the book at that cost. The
> majority of the images in a typical textbook are licensed images from
> places such as the Bettmann Archive or Getty Images. In addition, the
> publishing company is going to have to pay royalties to the half dozen
> or so authors of the book. Most textbook publishers don't indicate
> prices on their textbooks since each negotiates with individual states
> or districts. However, if this district was getting the book at $1 (is
> that $1 per student, $1 per copy????) it may be a promotional rate that
> the publisher is using to promote this new format.
>
> Carol Simpson
> Univ of North Texas (mod serv)
> csimpson at csimpson dot com
>
> Josephine Dervan wrote:
>>>From the NEA News site
>>
>> Arkansas district debuts bookless library system.
>> Arkansas ABC affiliate
>> KHBS-TV (8/12) reported on the Bentonville school district's bookless library
>system, which, according to Superintendent Gary Compton, "does not have one book
>in it. It's entirely electronic and can be downloaded to your iPod." Through the
>system, teachers can also make "a recording of...their lessons that students can
>download to their iPods or other MP3 players." In addition, the "school district"
>is "using more digital textbooks and Internet-based books, all changes that can
>really add up to some savings." Still, "[e]ach classroom also has hard copies of
>textbooks for students who would rather read and learn that way." Compton added
>that while the district is using technology "to save money," the changes also make
>"learning more accessible, user-friendly, and powerful for kids that are very much
>electronically driven."
>> http://www.4029tv.com/education/17164483/detail.html
>>
>> Josephine Dervan, MLS -Online Instructor
>> School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout
>> dervan at optonline.net
>> dervanj@uwstout.edu
>>
>> He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero
>>
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