Monday, January 13, 2003

Digital Literature Story of E-book: History

In 1938, the very year Britain and France sold Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany, H.G. Wells published World Brain, which contained a vision of an extensive and complete (but in print form) encyclopaedia of all recorded (human) knowledge. This concept piece sets off ideas for what will become both the digital library revolution and the notion of the electronic book.
· Digital History [Dandini]

eBook Locator - Powered by OverDrive is a service for locating ebooks.
· Overdrive [Ebook Locator]
· Escape [Cold River]

Internet You Blog, We Blog:

The global reach of the World Wide Web helps create connections between many people with diverse opinions and interests. This strength, combined with the ease of publishing to the Web when compared to traditional publishing endeavors, and the ability to reach a large audience have fostered a phenomenon known as weblogs. Weblogs, or blogs for short, are a cross between a diary, a web site, and an online community. Blogs are built using specially designed software that makes creating and updating a web site quick and easy. As a result, blogs are informal, frequently updated and often chock full of the humor and personality of their creator/moderator.
· Creating connections between many people with diverse opinions and interests [Teacher Librarian]