BootCamp on Digitized Books

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Jennifer Weintraub

I volunteered to lead a BootCamp session on Google Books, mostly because that was on the list of topics on the THATCamp website and it is something I know quite a bit about.  I would like to expand this topic into something like “Digitized Books”  as I think it is more appropriate to deal with the vast array of free online books that exist for scholars and students.  I realize that many people already know a great deal about electronic books online.    Thus, I am posting a bit more about what I would like to cover and would be happy to add to this if there is interest in a specific topic.  If anyone would like to help and bring examples of how you use Google, Internet Archive or any other books in your work, please either comment below or email me directly.  See you on Tuesday.

“Digitized Books”:

  1. Where are the free digitized books online and some of the features, advantages and disadvantages to each site.
  2. Your mobile life and digitized books.
  3. Where do they come from and how did they get there plus, how you can contribute.
  4. The implications for research in the future.
  5. Some implications for libraries in the future.
  6. And what about copyright?  How can these sites be even more awesome?
  7. The long term future of these digitized books online.
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About Jennifer Weintraub

I am a Librarian with a long title at the UCLA Digital Library Program. I've been focusing on maps and geographic information, data issues, and managing other digital library projects. Before coming to UCLA I worked for over a decade at Yale University Library in various aspects of digital collections including managing many kinds of digitization projects and work in electronic resources. I have also been a science librarian and a social science librarian. I have a lot of other interests including cities, baking, and olympic sports (mostly watching). I really don't like video games but am very into blogs and the New Yorker.