She found that libraries have embraced e-serials and e-reference books.
She asked "why haven’t they embraced e-books?"
- Could not afford to buy duplicate works in different formats
- Were afraid that patrons would only want e-version and books would be eliminated
- Readers still wanted to read from paper.
Some e-book collections include
- Otzar ha-hochma (subscription-based)
- Netlibrary (Suject collections)
- JNUL - digitized books (over 500 books)
- Google book
- Live.com (Microsoft project)
- Jewish Theological Seminary - digital projects
- Online books - Univ. of Penn. list
- DigitalBookIndex
- Project Ben Yehuda
- Yizkor books at New York Public Library
- Put list of links on our homepages
- Add links to individual records in the OPACS
- Have some kind of federated search that searches different collectionns
- Provide A-Z list of available e-books
One example was the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
I somehow missed the handout, I'll try to find more links that she mentioned.
3 comments:
There is no one aggregator of Jewish books.
Alas, there isn't, but don't let that stop you from trying to set up one of your own - as short as it might be.
I once made an attempt to put together a list of Jewish e-books, complete with subject heading hyperlinks. It's not on the Internet any longer, but it's been archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20051126003558/http://webhome.idirect.com/~alephtav/booklist.html.
Keep up the great work on the blog reports!
I've also been putting together a list on our home page
http://www.huc.edu/libraries/exhibits/digital/index.php
I obviously will continue to be a 'work in progress' for quite a while.
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