Presentation by Tim Daniels for the Friends of Georgia Libraries 2012 annual meeting, October 2012

1. e-­‐readers/Social
Media/Security
Presented
by
Tim
Daniels
1daniels@gmail.com

2. LINKS:
https://sites.google.com/site/
fogl101912/

3. Introductions
• Experience
with
e-­‐readers/social
media/security
• Does
your
library
lend
e-­‐readers?
• Does
your
library
allow
social
media
on
their
public
access
machines?
• Do
you
own
an
e-­‐reader?

4. What
is
your
comfort
level
now
with
E-­‐books
and
E-­‐
readers?
• Not
comfortable
at
all?
• Somewhat
familiar?
• Very
familiar?

5. Pew
-­‐-­‐
By
the
Numbers
• 12%
of
Americans
who
read
e-­‐books
say
they
have
borrowed
an
e-­‐book
from
a
library
in
the
past
year
• 75%
of
libraries
in
America
loan
e-­‐books
• 48%
of
e-­‐book
readers
and
53%
of
tablet
owners
say
they
do
not
know
if
their
libraries
lend
e-­‐books
or
not

6. A
Brief
History
of
E-­‐Books

7. Who
created
the
Mirst
e-­‐book?
In
what
year?
Bonus:
Where?

8. A
Brief
History
of
E-­‐Books
• 1971
Michael
S.
Hart
creates
the
first
e-­‐book
by
typing
the
Declara1on
of
Independence
into
a
computer.

9. Project
Gutenberg
• Volunteer
effort
to
digi1ze
and
archive
cultural
works,
to
encourage
the
crea1on
and
distribu1on
of
e-­‐
books.

10. Project
Gutenberg
• July
2012
40,000
items
• Free,
long
las1ng,
open
formats
(plain
text)
• Other
formats
HTML,
PDF,
EPUB,
MOBI,
Plucker

11. What
year
did
libraries
begin
providing
free
“e-­‐books”
to
the
public?

12. Early
Adopter
Libraries
• 1998
Libraries
began
offering
free
e-­‐books
to
the
public.
• Only
available
through
websites.
• Books
were
scholarly,
technical,
or
professional.
• Could
not
be
downloaded.
• NetLibrary
began
in
1998.

13. What
year
did
libraries
begin
offering
downloadable
popular
Miction
and
nonMiction
e-­‐books
to
the
public?

14. History
of
E-­‐Books
• In
2003
libraries
began
offering
downloadable
popular
fic1on
and
nonfic1on
e-­‐books
to
the
public.
• In
2009
dedicated
readers
became
available
such
as
Amazon
Kindle
and
Barnes
and
Noble
Nook.
• In
2010
the
iPad
became
available.

15. The
Tipping
Point
• In
2010
66%
of
US
public
libraries
were
offering
downloadable
e-­‐books.
• In
July
2010
Amazon
reported
e-­‐books
outsold
hardcover
books
for
the
first
1me
ever.
140
e-­‐books
to
every
100
hardcover
books.
• In
January
2011
Amazon
reported
e-­‐books
outsold
paperback
books.

16. Advantages
• What
do
you
and
your
users
like
most
about
e-­‐books?

17. Challenges?
• What
aspects
of
e-­‐books
are
difficult
to
work
with?

18. Use of Digital Content. Upon your download of Digital Content
and payment of any applicable fees (including applicable taxes),
the Content Provider grants you a non-exclusive right to view,
use, and display such Digital Content an unlimited number of
times, solely on the Kindle or a Reading Application or as
otherwise permitted as part of the Service, solely on the
number of Kindles or Other Devices specified in the Kindle
Store, and solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Digital
Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the
Content Provider. The Content Provider may include
additional terms for use within its Digital Content. Those terms will
also apply, but this Agreement will govern in the event of a
conflict. Some Digital Content, such as Periodicals, may not be
available to you through Reading Applications.

19. Information Received. The Software will provide Amazon with
data about your Kindle and its interaction with the Service (such
as available memory, up-time, log files, and signal strength). The
Software will also provide Amazon with information related to the
Digital Content on your Kindle and Other Devices and your use of
it (such as last page read and content archiving). Annotations,
bookmarks, notes, highlights, or similar markings you make
using your Kindle or Reading Application and other
information you provide may be stored on servers that are
located outside the country in which you live. Any information
we receive is subject to the Amazon.com privacy notice located at
www.amazon.com/privacy.

20. Limitations. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may
not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense, or
otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any
portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove or
modify any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In
addition, you may not bypass, modify, defeat, or circumvent
security features that protect the Digital Content.
Changes to Service. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue
the Service, in whole or in part, at any time.

21. What does DRM mean, and how will it affect my NOOK Book ownership?
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is used to ensure that a specific copy of a
NOOK Book is owned by one owner, and is not just given away. This ensures
that copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly
compensated.
DRM means that when you buy a NOOK Book from your NOOK or from
BN.com, you own that copy forever, unless you delete it from your online
digital library. You can read it, but others cannot read it.
Because the NOOK Book is in your online digital library, you can open your
copy from any of the supported NOOK app platforms registered under
the same B&N account.
You can also lend a NOOK Book one time for up to 14 days. When you lend
the NOOK Book, you also lend your digital rights, so you cannot read the
book while the lending offer is pending and while the book is on loan.

22. Resources
for
Free
E-­‐Books
Image Source: http://www.ericdoeringer.com/FreeBooks.html

23. Project
Gutenburg
• Access:
hfp://www.gutenberg.org/
• Total
1tles:
Over
100,000
free
e-­‐books
• MARC
Records
available:
• hfp://bit.ly/k75joB
• Devices:
33,000
1tles
for
use
with
ipad,
Kindle,
Sony
Reader,
iphone,
Nook
and
others
• Mobile
reader
device
“How
To:”
• hfp://bit.ly/7aiFnZ

24. Google
Books/e-­‐books/
Magazines
• hfp://books.google.com/
• Thousands
of
books
for
purchase,
many
public
domain
books
for
use
• hfp://books.google.com/ebooks
• Thousands
of
books
for
purchase
• Some
books
for
devices
• Many
free
books
available
• Supported
devices/plalorms:
• iOS
(iphone,
ipad),
Nook,
Sony,
Android

25. Overdrive

26. E-Reader
• Portable electronic device
• Read digital texts – books, periodicals, etc.
• Any device that can display text on a screen can act as an e-
reader

27. Basic Display Choices

28. E-Ink
• Display technology that mimics paper
• Is not backlit
• E-Paper reflects like ordinary paper
• Can hold static image almost indefinitely with no
use of electricity
• Image does not need to be refreshed
• Wider viewing angle
• Can be easily read in sunlight
• Excellent contrast
• Page turns can be slow, well relatively slow

29. LCD
• Similar to laptop screen or monitor
• Shows full color
• Limited viewing angle
• Faster battery drain than e-ink
• Difficult to use in bright sunlight
• Refresh rate can be harder on eyes
• Can display video
• Backlit - you can read in the dark

30. Amazon Kindle

31. Barnes & Noble Nook

32. Readers
vs.
Tablets

33. Questions?

34. DeMining
Social
Media

35. Media Bistro – Social Media
• Almost 1 Billion Facebook Users
• 225 Million Twitter Accounts

36. Most
Popular
Social
Media
Tools

37. • Social Networking
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
• Twitter: http://twitter.com
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com
• Reading
GoodReads http://www.goodreads.com
BookShout! http://bookshout.com
• Photo and video sharing
• Flickr (photos): http://www.flickr.com
• YouTube (video): http://www.youtube.com

38. Questions?

39. Security
–
5
Common
Mistakes
• Not
upda1ng
anything
• Not
using
a
firewall
• Bad
e-­‐mail
hygiene
• Using
the
same
password
and
login
for
everything

40. Good
e-­‐mail
habits
• Use
Separate
e-­‐mail
accounts
• Create
a
unique
password
(hint
anything
123
is
not
unique)
• Beware
of
Phishing
• Never
click
links
in
e-­‐mails
• Do
not
open
afachment
from
anyone
you
do
not
know
-­‐-­‐-­‐
and
don’t
always
open
them
form
someone
you
do
know
• If
you
are
unsure
run
a
scan
• Avoid
public
wi-­‐fi

41. Tools
• Avast
• AVG
• MS
Security
Essen1als
• Last
Pass

42. Questions?

43. Thanks
Tim
Daniels
1daniels@gmail.com

44. LINKS:
https://sites.google.com/site/
fogl101912/