MORE 'READING' POSTS
Reading a Book Versus a Screen: Different Reading Devices, Different Modes of Reading? (via Science Daily) A book or a screen – which of these two offers more reading comfort? There are no disadvantages to reading from electronic reading devices compared with reading printed texts. This is one of the results of the world’s first […]
From a Bookshare Announcement: Bookshare a global leader in copyrighted, digital accessible books for people with print disabilities, is dramatically overachieving its five year collection and member targets at the close of its fourth year of funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Benetech, the parent nonprofit for Bookshare, […]
From a Blog Post by Jonathan Jones (via On Art Blog, The Guardian): Books are changing; but are the fundamentals of reading and writing? Seeing a reader gripped by digital Brontë made me aware that electronic books are giving literacy a new dimension. Many people like this new way of enjoying a book, and some […]
From the BBC: Fewer than 50% of UK children aged eight to 17 read a novel outside class every month, research suggests. The National Literacy Trust survey of about 18,000 school children suggests youngsters are more likely to read text messages and emails than fiction. Most children (28.9%) estimated they had between 11 and 50 […]
Interview: "The Social Context of Reading: Five Questions for Bob Stein"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Profiles, Publishing
|From an Interview by Buzz Poole (via Imprint) I first learned about The Institute for the Future of the Book while working on a magazine assignment that eventually became this piece for The Millions. In getting to know Bob Stein, his colleagues and the projects they championed I became convinced that concerns about the death […]
This article appears in the June, 2011 issue of First Monday. “Reading Revolutions: Online Digital Text and Implications for Reading in Academe” by Barry W. Cull Abstract: “While the Internet is a text-saturated world, reading online screens tends to be significantly different from reading printed text. This review essay examines literature from a variety of […]
Research: 23 Studies Find Positive Link Between Library Spending and Student Learning
Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, School Libraries
|We’ve known for a long time that a well funded school library can make a difference when it comes to reading. Plus, school libraries and the librarians who work in them have experience discussing and teaching about search and other electronic tools being used in 2011 plus other forms of info access and knowledge to […]