I was curious so I found the Bentonville High School Library web site. It states
that they have a "North" library and a "South" library. One houses about 18,000
items (books, etc.) while the other is indeed an e-library. To me this means they
are not entirely "bookless". Access to databases and other information was
readily available as was this statement.
Welcome to the BHS Library webpage. The North eLibrary is designed to provide our
school with access to quality non-print materials whether the student is searching
from home or from school. We hope to promote a lifelong interest in learning
through accurate, current, comprehensive, unbiased electronic resources. Likewise,
the South Library is devoted to print materials supportive of a lifetime of reading
and learning.
http://users.bentonville.k12.ar.us/bhslibrary/
In order to serve my own high school population I have chosen to include a large
number of ebooks in the collection. I did this only after surveying our students
and found 90% to have computers, internet access and printers available at home. I
know this is not the norm but will evidently work for a large percentage of the
population I am serving. I am certainly not bookless as we have accumulated over
20,000 items in the three years we have been open.
I think the message from the administration was misleading as was the news story.
Nancy LeCrone
Librarian
Rockwall-Heath High School
Rockwall ISD
801 Laurence Drive
Heath, Texas 75032
469-698-2605
nlecrone@rockwallisd.org
http://site.rockwallisd.com/RHHS/default.aspx
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress;
working together is success."
Henry
Ford
>>> Donna Williams <DWilliams6856@ATT.NET> 08/13/08 2:30 PM >>>
I'm not that fond of the idea of a "bookless" library, either, for the same
reasons as Marsha.
Also, those who are quick readers and must use aids such as highlighters to
slow down and absorb the material wouldn't do well with nonfiction on an
iPod or computer screen.
Donna Williams
May '07 SLIS graduate
University of North Texas
DWilliams6856@att.net
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Marsha Redd
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I agree, Carol. And what about fiction? You can't curl up in a cumfy chair
with a computer. And not everyone has an iPod. Are they going to provide
iPods for the entire student body? I work in a high free and reduced lunch
school. This would never fly here.
Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process.
Everyone is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
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> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0500
> From: csimpson@CAROLSIMPSON.COM
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] GEN: Bookless Library
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> I watched that report, and while I have no problem with e-books, I find
> one thing the Superintendent said highly suspicious. He claimed that
> they could save $129 per textbook by getting the books electronically
> ("Why pay $130 for a textbook when we can get it on disk for $1?") I
> can't imagine a typical (for example) history book that can even begin
> to pay the royalties on the images in the book at that cost. The
> majority of the images in a typical textbook are licensed images from
> places such as the Bettmann Archive or Getty Images. In addition, the
> publishing company is going to have to pay royalties to the half dozen
> or so authors of the book. Most textbook publishers don't indicate
> prices on their textbooks since each negotiates with individual states
> or districts. However, if this district was getting the book at $1 (is
> that $1 per student, $1 per copy????) it may be a promotional rate that
> the publisher is using to promote this new format.
>
> Carol Simpson
> Univ of North Texas (mod serv)
> csimpson at csimpson dot com
>
> Josephine Dervan wrote:
>>>From the NEA News site
>>
>> Arkansas district debuts bookless library system.
>> Arkansas ABC affiliate
>> KHBS-TV (8/12) reported on the Bentonville school district's bookless
library system, which, according to Superintendent Gary Compton, "does not
have one book in it. It's entirely electronic and can be downloaded to your
iPod." Through the system, teachers can also make "a recording of...their
lessons that students can download to their iPods or other MP3 players." In
addition, the "school district" is "using more digital textbooks and
Internet-based books, all changes that can really add up to some savings."
Still, "[e]ach classroom also has hard copies of textbooks for students who
would rather read and learn that way." Compton added that while the
district is using technology "to save money," the changes also make
"learning more accessible, user-friendly, and powerful for kids that are
very much electronically driven."
>> http://www.4029tv.com/education/17164483/detail.html
>>
>> Josephine Dervan, MLS -Online Instructor
>> School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout
>> dervan at optonline.net
>> dervanj@uwstout.edu
>>
>> He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero
>>
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