1. Kathy Petlewski
Electronic Resources Librarian
Plymouth District Library
mkp@plymouthlibrary.org

2.  According to Library Journal’s latest survey
of e-book usage, collections in academic
libraries have increased 93% in the past
year.
 At the same time, 75% of college students
still prefer print textbooks. (Book Industry Study
Group Survey)

3.  Conducted in 2010 with 700 students & 10
faculty members.
 Used the CLIP e-textbook software from
Courseload.
Conclusion:
 Students motivated to use e-texts to save
money.
 Needed the ability to print parts of e-texts.
 Faculty supportive of the value in e-texts to
students.

4.  Starts Spring 2012 semester
 4 publishers participating – Flat World
Knowledge, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Bedford
Freeman & Worth Publishing Group and W.W.
Norton.
 Ebooks can be printed for a small fee.
 Students save about 2/3rds price of print.
 Courseload software – make annotations & work
with classmates via devices. (iPads & Droid
tablets or PC with browser)

5.  Open Library: http://openlibrary.org/
 ProjectGutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/
 Google eBooks:
http://books.google.com

7.  With a free account, you can borrow up to
5 titles for 2 weeks each.
 Books be read online in-browser, or
downloaded to your device.
 Cooperative pool of ebooks contributed by
1,000 libraries.
 Show not only e-books, but a listing for all
20 million records.
 Project of the Internet Archive

25.  Many e-books available to supplement
academic study.
 Some may be downloaded while others
are only online, depending on site.
 Not all e-reader devices are compatible
with the different e-books offered.
 Tablets and iPads read multiple formats
with apps.