a digital library could be considered the KINDLE..it downloads everything you want from newspapers to booksAnd that got me thinking about what is available for a Kindle. Lo and behold, there are books about digital libraries available for the Kindle! Even the textbook I'm using this fall (Understanding Digital Libraries, Second Edition
) for my digital libraries class is available for the Kindle. I wonder if any of my students will read it in that format? Guess I'll have to survey the class and ask.Technorati tag:
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I suppose the Kindle could be a self-contained digital library, but I think in order for the device to truly be a library, the user would need to posses the permanent ownership rights to all the works they have on their Kindle - and not just the rights to read those books on their Kindle.
Specifically, I am referring to the recent removal of the works of George Orwell from Kindles. I just have this mental image of silent, invisible thieves, hired by publishers, slipping into the closed library at night and stealing books. A humorous, but disturbing image.
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