1. Ebooks Issues and Trends for School Libraries

2. Rethinking Reference Resources SWBOCES 2011 Laura Pearle Head Librarian Hackley School

3. June 2007 SWBOCES 2011

4. August 2007 SWBOCES 2011

5. March 2011 SWBOCES 2011

6. Access Points SWBOCES 2011

7. Databases SWBOCES 2011

8. Issues to Resolve DRM Equality of access Ease of access Platform agnostic SWBOCES 2011

9. Rethinking Reference Resources Laura Pearle @VennLibrarian lpearle.wordpress.com lpearle@gmail.com SWBOCES 2011

10. Day in the life of an ebook program Buffy Hamilton Library Media Specialist Creekview HS http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/kindles

11. Barnes & Noble Digital Reading Devices The Present and Future Grace Cantwell Community Relations Manager

12. NOOK for Schools Save Money – Buy 1 eBook for 6 NOOKs The Green Alternative No More Heavy Backpacks Access to more than 2 million titles (1 Million are FREE) Sample books for FREE Pre-Order books and download as soon as they are available Free Internet Students can borrow and read LIBRARY Books with Overdrive

13. NOOK for Schools Endless Shelf Space –1,500 for NOOK –6,000 for NOOKcolor Organize your eBooks, magazines, documents on shelves –Summer Reading –Research Projects Teachers: Make Your Own Content –Study Guides –Notes, etc. Built in Merriam Webster Dictionary Annotations – highlight, take notes, book mark

14. NOOK for Schools Downloading function is Password Protected Reluctant Readers love gadgets –Students love to read on NOOK –Aren’t intimidated by size of book Privacy for ESL & SPED students –No one sees the cover of the books they are reading. Audio Support –Students can listen to an audiobook while reading along with text. –Read-to-Me titles offer read-along capability Interactive Picture Books

15. Digital Newsstand Huge Opportunity for Magazine Publishers –20 million units sold last year –More than 40 Million projected for 2011 More than 1,000,000 total Newsstand subscription orders and single copy sales – since the holidays. Just the Beginning: –More Interactive and enhanced reading experiences –An exploding library of content –Unique offers and promotions

16. NOOK for Schools: A Natural Progression Schools already buy books from Barnes & Noble NYS Approved Vendor We Accept P.O.s for NOOKs and Gift Cards We sell twice as many eBooks as we do physical books on BN.com We have 20% of the eBook Market We’ve Heard Your Feedback!

17. NOOK for Schools: A Natural Progression Assembled a Task Force to create a school-specific device and a digital institutional purchasing program Developers Marketers IT Professionals Educators Working to get PUBLISHERS to the table Committed to being first in the market Committed to having a premiere device

18. What have been the challenges? JoAlyce Newgaard Joe Mannozzi Library Media Specialists Rye School District

19. What does the future hold?

20. Questions