[net-gold] LIBRARY: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT : LIBRARIES: PUBLIC LIBRARIES : BOOKS: ELECTRONIC: Commentary: A National Digital Library System is Long Overdue
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- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:04:00 -0400 (EDT)
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LIBRARY: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT :
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Commentary: A National Digital Library System is Long Overdue
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Commentary: A National Digital Library System is Long Overdue
By David H. Rothman
The Baltimore Sun
Posted: 12:00am on Mar 18, 2012;
Modified: 1:40am on Mar 18, 2012
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/18/2115944/
commentary-a-national-digital.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/88ng69c
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There are tens of millions of e-book lovers, and their ranks are sure to
be boosted by the latest iPad along with improved Kindles, Nooks and
their rivals.
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Through greater purchasing clout, a national digital library system could
give taxpayers far more for their money, adding to the inherent economies
of e-books. A first step could be a foundation-financed buyout of
OverDrive, the current e-book supplier for many libraries, if the owners
agreed.
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Frustratingly, Washington does not grasp the full potential of a national
digital library system truly serving the masses. In effect, at least
unofficially, President Barack Obama's administration has farmed out the
issue to a group hosted at the president's old law school, the
Harvard-based Digital Public Library of America initiative.
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Ideally, its talented people can come up with a well-crafted online
strategy to help public libraries and others encourage family literacy,
mitigate the fourth-grade reading slump, distribute appropriate text and
multimedia content to help upgrade our work force, and stimulate the
brains of the millions of baby boomers who soon will be retiring (some,
like my wife, with serious mobility limitations). Not one current school
librarian or other K-12 educator sits on the 17-member steering committee.
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And yet, the national digital library issue is in many ways a K-12, job-
preparation and anti-poverty opportunity in disguise. Studies show a
strong connection between children's academic achievement and access to
books at home.
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E-books are just swarms of invisible electrons, but children still could
notice them. Librarians and teachers, for example, could post drawings of
scenes from e-books on the walls, and they could talk up appropriate local
titles mentioning people and landmarks known to the students.
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And "recreational reading," whether the electronic or paper variety, could
help nudge children and parents toward the more serious variety, and build
skills and knowledge of many kinds. Many academics, alas, look down on
popular-level books.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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