1	(r)Evolutionary (e)Books Let’s Go, Library Expo! July 28, 2005 William Harroff McKendree College Lebanon, Illinois Charlotte Johnson Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois
2	What’s on YOUR mind? What would you most like to learn today? What’s the one question about ebooks you’d most like answered? What’s the one thing about ebooks you’d most like to change? What do you LIKE most about eBooks? What do you DISLIKE the most? What is your FAVORITE eBook and why?
3	Learning Outcomes Recognize ebooks as the latest evolutionary stage in the extraordinary history of the book Expand your definition of electronic books beyond the narrow one accepted and propagated by most commercial publishers and the media Understand the advantages, disadvantages and future impact of new formats Review, assess and interact with critically acclaimed digital publications and hardware Consider significant issues such as the redefinition of the reading, writing and creative processes and the future of information delivery Re-imagine the importance of the book to learning
4	Agenda The Evidence for a Growing Crisis: Aliteracy The Evolutionary History of the Book The Context Affecting Attitudes & Behaviors The Revolution in Content, Authoring & Reading Solutions: eLiteracy / Multiliteracies New Global Technological Developments Affecting eScholarship, eLearning & eTeaching
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6	The Evidence: Readers at Risk NEA
7	The Evidence: The Failure of Technology Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to E-Learning & Why Learning objects – Merlot & Merlot2 Students surveyed Don’t like e-learning, too much work They want to be connected, principally to one another They want to be entertained by games, music, and movies They want to present themselves and their work Most faculty still teach as they were taught Only use electronics to simplify tasks, not change their teaching They readily translate lecture notes into PowerPoint presentations Use Blackboard / WebCT to distribute materials, grades & assignments Result? Education's jaundiced view of the fundamental value of electronically mediated instruction
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9	Revolution in Reading
10	Revolution for Content Creators
11	Revolution in Content: eBooks Rule! How many books can sing to you?… or… Place the user in control of the content? Allow content to be emptied & refilled? Include metadata? Tell you their own stories? Demonstrate techniques? Picture in unmatched color? Link out to other resources? Be distributed at the speed of light? Sound out or spell each word or phrase? Be made accessible to suit everyone’s needs? Contain 1000s of additional works in the same space?
12	The Context Affecting Attitudes and Behaviors: Rising Expectations
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14	The Solutions: The Revolution of the New Affordable PCs Usable software Faster operating systems Portable media Cassettes Floppies Diskettes Compact discs DVDs Portable devices Laptops Dedicated readers Audio players Cassette, CD, MP3, MP4 DVD players PDAs Tablets Smart phones Multipurpose devices
15	"Microsoft" Microsoft Tablet Top 10 Benefits LeapFrog Benefits Educator Resources Research Data Success Stories
16	The Solutions: Revolution in Literacies Art Spiegelman
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25	The Solutions: (r)Evolutionary (e)Books The Evolution of the Book Oral tradition Wall painting Cuneiform / Ideogram Alphabets / Calligraphy Papyrus / Parchment / Paper Binding Movable type
26	The Evolution of the Book
27	The Solutions: The History of the New Adding context and perspective Babel by Simon Biggs Trigger Happy Influences.org by Danielle DaCosta Lotus Blossom by Young-Hae Chang & Heavy Industries
28	Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Alexandrian Library
29	My Book Project
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36	Digital Griot by Betye Saar
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38	Poissons… by Louis Renard
39	Atlas… by Gerardus Mercator
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43	The Solutions: Demos & Programs Reach out to them early and often! Get administrative, collegial & funding support Around the World 24 Explain the problem to your patrons Literacy rates and aliteracy Evolving information landscape Dazzle ‘em! (r)Evolutionary (e)Books
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49	Selected Bibliography Beloit College Mindset List Tom McBride & Ron Nief 2003 Electronic Literacy in School and Home: A Look into the Future Literary Reading Is Declining Faster Than Before, Arts Endowment's New Report Says Reading Online Keith J. Topping The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts Census Bureau 2002 Why the E-Learning Boom Went Bust Robert Zemsky & William F. Massey Chronicle Review 7/9/04
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