Ebook presentation given to University of Cambridge librarians

1. THE AGES OF EBOOKS
EBOOKS@CAMBRIDGE
GENERAL MEETING
Sarah Burton (@harasanotrub), Information
and Library Assistant, Judge Business School,
University of Cambridge
14 April 2016, English Faculty
Cambridge Judge Business School
Information and Library Services

2. We’re in all time periods at once:
• Jurassic
• Antiquity
• Dark Ages
• Medieval
• Renaissance
• Age of Enlightenment/reason
• War
• The Future

5. Need ebooks:
• Complement print
• Distance learners
• Print
• Save
• Copy/Paste
• Easy navigation
• Search text
• Citations
• Bibliography
• Try before buy
• Subscription
updates

6. Still just text

7. Library
catalogue
Shelf
marks
Integrated
links

9. Still allied to print:
• Notes
• Bookmarks
• Highlighting

10. Be enlightened
More than just
the text
Embrace
the digital
Etextbooks
Enhanced
functionality

11. See reason

14. Inundated by platforms (aggregators and
publishers), formats, purchase models, different
levels of access: credits, loan periods, concurrency,
functionality, prices and still lack of availability

16. Digital Divide
Concurrency
Loan periods MARC records
Expertise
Platform proliferation
Compatibility
Formats
Models
Inconsistency
Devices

17. “Technology is a word for
something that doesn’t
work yet”
Douglas Adams

18. 18

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21. The Future
Increased prices with
better ebooks: rentals,
chapters, PDA/EBA

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“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you
are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace,
you are living in the present.” Lao Tzu

23. Media Music
Quizzes
Hyper
links

24. https://www.ted.com
/talks/mike_matas

26. Reading list
Ward, S. M., Freeman,
R. S. and Nixon, J. M.
(eds.) (2015) Academic
E-books, Publishers,
Librarians and Users
Lyons, R. E. and
Rayner, S. (2015) The
Academic Book of the
Future

27. All
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IMAGES
Books vs. ebooks infographic by Number
17, NYC and Nayeli E. Rodriquez
All other images are free of copyright
restrictions. Sourced via Pixabay,
Unsplash and Gratisography

28. Sarah Burton:
sb729@cam.ac.uk
Twitter: @harasanotrub