New Book: The Charleston Briefings Publishes “Reading in a Digital Age”
Reading in a Digital Age, the latest title in The Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals series from ATG Media and Michigan Publishing, is now available to read online (free) or for purchase.
The book was written by David Durant, Associate Professor and Federal Documents and Social Sciences Librarian at J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
About the Book
How is reading changing in the digital environment? How will it continue to change? Are we headed for an all-digital future? Or does print still have a place in the reading environment? Does format matter? What do readers tell us they want? This brief monograph offers librarians, publishers, vendors, and others, an overview of these key issues, as well as advice on how their institutions should approach the print vs. digital controversy.
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Other Books in the Series
Library as Publisher by Sarah Kalikman Lippincott
Library Marketing: From Passion to Practice by Jill Stover Heinze
Peer Review: Reform and Renewal in Scientific Publishing by Adam Etkin; Thomas Gaston; Jason Roberts
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.