Week 11 Reflection

I find e-books to be a really interesting technology. And, I think when we talk about non-fiction and reference e-books we are approaching them from a totally different angle than is typically discussed in popular culture. People argue often about whether or not e-books will replace traditional books, and I don't know that anyone really has the right answer or could know what will happen, but I think that these arguments usually surround fiction books. Many people are afraid that they will lose the comfort of curling up with a book to the e-readers. But I doubt that many people will mourn the loss of a dictionary to an electronic dictionary.

I think that non-fiction e-books could be a great addition to a school library, especially if as one article claimed, e-readers really don't become the end all be all of e-books. Readers are probably too expensive for most school libraries to purchase and aren't really practical to maintain and lend, but an e-books could be a great way to access information. I would like to be able to have e-books available on the computers in my LMC .