Going Digital: Downloadable Content Replacing Books in Nebraska?
Across Nebraska, iPads and e-readers are becoming the new normal. The demand for downloadable content is so great, the Nebraska Library Commission recently asked the state legislature for a million dollars to buy more electronic resources. At many schools, iPads have now replaced textbooks in some classes.
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And it’s not just classrooms where digital devices are replacing books.
Returning a book to your local library may become a thing of the past as well.
At the Baright Public Library in Ralston, an Omaha suburb, Director Francine Canfield said she’s seen the number of digital downloads skyrocket in her eight year tenure.
The increased use of iPads and other e-readers like Kindles, Nooks, even smart phones has led to greater public demand for downloadable content.
According to Canfield, in the last five years that demand has increased by almost 1000 percent.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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Across Nebraska, iPads and e-readers are becoming the new normal. The demand for downloadable content is so great, the Nebraska Library Commission recently asked the state legislature for a million dollars to buy more electronic resources. At many schools, iPads have now replaced textbooks in some classes.
