2.+The+New+World+of+Reading

= ​The New World of Reading =
 * Movement away from paper non-fiction but buying more fiction
 * Kindle, iPad, all kinds of e-readers
 * Always a place for physical books
 * Students complained the ebooks on a particular e-reader were less efficient, no bookmarks, no way to leave notes
 * Growth of this equipment is 700% (WHEN WHERE?)
 * Kids are used to iTouch, pad easy to read
 * 35,000 books in a library, same number of books can fit on one iTouch
 * New forms of textbooks to be more efficient for research because you can tie to websites (Exc, physics: link to videos to show experiments)
 * Technology more cost effective, better for the environment, encourages two-way discussion with teacher and/or author
 * Make our lives easier for check-in/out of text and books (CONTEXT?)
 * There will always a place for the paper book
 * Research shows the brain processes text differently if read paper versus screen
 * Celebrate all types of reading in print or digital
 * Comics, graphic novels, Forest of Reading books still very hot
 * New and old reading genres
 * Concern – data showing that more reading is being done online – is that enough? does this online reading have as much depth as books?
 * Fiction is getting out more in other formats
 * Silent sustained reading to encourage consistent reading, develop reading as a habit
 * Issue: people won’t pick up a book
 * The concept of reading is sharing of information, ideas and/or story
 * The technology makes it easier to access information
 * Fiction or non-fiction/textbooks that are weighty volumes are easier to carry around on an MP3 player or eBook
 * Issue of Equity re: access to technology – Do low-income families have access to audio, ebooks, computers; is that something we can offer?
 * Knowledge Ontario, Gale Cengage and other databses have audio players built-in which is great for students with a preference for listening rather than visual reading of text
 * What is in the reading community? Should be a variety of genres that all people can access
 * Some teachers still will not accept the eBook or audio book or even databases as legitimate sources over print
 * Convenience of eBooks - searchable for words
 * Barriers – teachers tend to be a very conservative group, the second wave of information the colleagues are not as accepting they are not ready to change their way of teaching (UNCLEAR HERE...)
 * Book report Podcasts are more fun for students to create and easier to mark
 * How is the Learning Commons going to look? A room without books?
 * Is the ratio of 90% (REALLY? THAT WAS THE NUMBER?) Fiction an acceptable amount for a library to hold?