I had the opportunity this past week to pole many of my classmates, most of them said though they own an e-reader it is more for convenience sake and they still check out paper books mostly for the love of a book in the hand. So, my thoughts are twofold. If I am going to do a research paper on how the advent of the e-reader will affect the role of the librarian I have to be more specific in my questions and I have to find more information that supports my theory that there will be little, if no effect.
I need to also get some buy in from the local library I work at to perhaps conduct a small study to see if my theory has any validity.
The other interesting thing I found was a book that was recently published and promoted by ALA entitled "No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries" edited by Sue Polanka. The book itself is expensive but the information may be invaluable.
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