[net-gold] LIBRARIES: DIGITAL LIBRARIES: Why We Can't Afford Not to Create a Well-Stocked National Digital Library System
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- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:48:12 -0400 (EDT)
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LIBRARIES: DIGITAL LIBRARIES:
Why We Can't Afford Not to Create
a Well-Stocked National Digital Library System
Why We Can't Afford Not to Create
a Well-Stocked National Digital Library System
Nov 5 2010, 7:00 AM ET
The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/11/
why-we-cant-afford-not-to-create-a-well-stocked-national-
digital-library-system/66111/
A shorter URL for the above link:
http://tinyurl.com/24lwup3
E-book gadgets have finally cracked the mass market here in the United
States or at least have come a long way.
Consider a memorable Kindle commercial from Amazon, in which a brunette in
a bikini one-ups an oafish man reading off a rival machine. Mr. Beer Belly
asks about her e-reader. "It's a Kindle," she says by the pool. "$139. I
actually paid more for these sunglasses." Mad Men would be proud. A year
or two from now, count on twice as much ballyhoo and on better machines
for less than $99.
I myself own both a Kindle 3 and the Brand X iPad and can attest to the
improved readability of the latest E Ink from Amazon's supplier, even
indoors, despite lack of built-in illumination. Outside on walks, as with
earlier Kindles, I can listen to books from publishing houses savvy enough
to allow text to speech. No matter where I am, I can instantly see all
occurrences of a character's name in an engrossing Louis Bayard novel. I
can also track down the meanings of archaic words that Bayard's detective
narrator uses in this murder mystery set at West Point and featuring a
fictionalized Edgar Allan Poe.
But there is one thing I currently cannot do with my Kindle despite all
the sizzle in the commercials--read public library books. Local libraries
do not use the Kindle format for their electronic collections, relying
instead on rival standards used by Sony Readers and certain other devices.
Amazon undoubtedly would love to fix this under terms favorable to CEO
Jeff Bezos and friends. But then other issues will remain. How many Kindle
books--or those readable on Sony Readers, iPads, and others--will
cash-strapped libraries in poorer cities be able to lend? What range of
titles will be available? And shouldn't we look beyond books and consider
the needs of researchers who, for example, could benefit from reliably
preserved electronic discussions linked to individual books.
Might the time have finally come for a well-stocked national digital
library system (NDLS) for the United States--a cause I've publicly
advocated since 1992 in Computerworld, a 1996 MIT Press information
science collection, the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, the
Huffington Post, and elsewhere, including my national information stimulus
plan here in the Fallows blog?
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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