Wilson, Shibrie
Harris, C. (2012). Ebooks and School Libraries. American Libraries. Retrieved from http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2012/01/13/ebooks-and-school-libraries/
There is a constant struggle amongst school libraries to remain relevant with other libraries, such as academic and public. Many libraries adopt ebooks in an effort to replace print materials due to cost. For different materials certain materials such as reference materials are becoming accessible online. Many ebooks for reference materials are being changed in order to meet Common Cores State Standards. Different things being implemented such as maps, timelines, and primary-source documents. Schools have access to different publishers and vendors and these corporations are working diligently to provide "consortia-access pricing."The issue that schools are dealing with is finding programs in which provide bulk discounts on e-readers for school libraries, being that many things are sold individually. Students with special needs are also a dominant factor in consideration of ebooks in school libraries. Different things in which will accommodate students with special needs is that of "text-to-speech enhancement with read-along highlighting to students with a qualifying print or vessel disability." Some publishers are also providing materials for those who are have different reading levels.
Opinion:
Ebooks is something continues to resurface in many blog topics. Can and will ebooks cause books to be obsolete to 21st century library? I do like the idea of ebooks benefiting students with special needs, and is something that I had not taken into consideration before. Purchasing ebooks in bulk is an issue and a reason in which the library in which I work at has an issue with purchasing such.
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How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library
Casso, Gillian
How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library
MACDONALD, H. (2013). How graphic novels became the hottest section in the library. Publishers Weekly, 260(18), 20-25.
Summary:
This article describes how the circulation for graphic novels has increased over the last several years, but still remains low in the amount of materials the library owns. While there are still stigmas attached to reading graphic novels stemming from the 1950s, concerns that they are poor literature have dissipated over the last several years. Interest in comics and graphic novels took off in the early 2000s due to manga becoming popularized. Acclaimed books such as Maus and Watchmen broke the ice and circulation numbers began to rise. This article explains that while librarians are getting on board with comics, publishers are still a little behind the times and it can be difficult to build a robust collection, especially when publishers themselves aren't sure about the comics and graphic novels being published. Because circulation numbers are rising, libraries are continuously adding to their graphic novel collections. While e-book lenders, such as Overdrive have graphic novels the collection is limited and can be costly.
Evaluation:
I have to say that I love graphic novels and in fact my favorite one is Fables by Bill Willingham. Over the last several years, the library that I work at has drastically expanded the graphic novels collection and it tends to be the most looked at section of the library. It was great to read an article that touched on some great points, such as how until recently it graphic novels were looked at as poor literature. I thought it was interesting how the article describes the relationship between librarians and publishers and how in the past very few publishers catered to libraries. An important point brought up in this article is how publishers feel that libraries are still prejudiced about comics and that they could be subjected to removal due to book challenges. I also find it interesting that e-book lenders have a smaller collection of graphic novels especially since the popularity has increased.
How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library
MACDONALD, H. (2013). How graphic novels became the hottest section in the library. Publishers Weekly, 260(18), 20-25.
Summary:
This article describes how the circulation for graphic novels has increased over the last several years, but still remains low in the amount of materials the library owns. While there are still stigmas attached to reading graphic novels stemming from the 1950s, concerns that they are poor literature have dissipated over the last several years. Interest in comics and graphic novels took off in the early 2000s due to manga becoming popularized. Acclaimed books such as Maus and Watchmen broke the ice and circulation numbers began to rise. This article explains that while librarians are getting on board with comics, publishers are still a little behind the times and it can be difficult to build a robust collection, especially when publishers themselves aren't sure about the comics and graphic novels being published. Because circulation numbers are rising, libraries are continuously adding to their graphic novel collections. While e-book lenders, such as Overdrive have graphic novels the collection is limited and can be costly.
Evaluation:
I have to say that I love graphic novels and in fact my favorite one is Fables by Bill Willingham. Over the last several years, the library that I work at has drastically expanded the graphic novels collection and it tends to be the most looked at section of the library. It was great to read an article that touched on some great points, such as how until recently it graphic novels were looked at as poor literature. I thought it was interesting how the article describes the relationship between librarians and publishers and how in the past very few publishers catered to libraries. An important point brought up in this article is how publishers feel that libraries are still prejudiced about comics and that they could be subjected to removal due to book challenges. I also find it interesting that e-book lenders have a smaller collection of graphic novels especially since the popularity has increased.
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