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AACL Presentation. Electronic Books University of Calgary Experience. Carol Baker, Bibliographic Services Gilbert Bede, Information Technology Services Helen Clarke, Collections Services. Homo Interneticus. ….reading and writing are done in the same space and with the same physical posture

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  1. AACLPresentation Electronic Books University of Calgary Experience Carol Baker, Bibliographic Services Gilbert Bede, Information Technology Services Helen Clarke, Collections Services

  2. Homo Interneticus ….reading and writing are done in the same space and with the same physical posture ….texts lack physical clues such as arrangement, look, ….texts appear to co-exist in the same time-frame ….text is mutable ….repositories serve as surrogates for memory ….readers leap from text to text ….collections mutate and grow overnight ….sense of text as property is diminished ….ease of access is valued ….communities are based on shared ideas and not visual cues such as ethnicity or gender Goldhaber, Michael H. The mentality of Homo Interneticus: some Ongian postulates. First Monday May 2004 http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/goldhaber/

  3. Features: Cutting and Pasting Is source information retained when text is cut and pasted? Can readers easily share text excerpts with each other? Readers write and read simultaneously… less aware of ownership…readers engage in dialogues and share texts…information is a collage not a narrative…idea of an authoritative copy is weakened

  4. Features: Linking and Chaining Can readers link easily from sources that are cited, what about forward citations? Can readers track what they’ve read and keep notes or bookmarks for key passages? Readers will use old and new text interchangeably…share texts in dialogues...mastering core texts is not as important as being able to find and store…text doesn’t have authority because of format

  5. Features: Reading and Writing Is the information chunked? How easy is it to move back and forth between texts? How sophisticated is the searching and retrieval? How many points of entry? Marc is key. Readers easily move to new text if bored or lose interest...readers want to link easily from one text to another as interest dictates...readers come to information serendipitously and through awareness tools…

  6. Emerging Taxonomies • Ownership or Leasing • Static or Changing • Subject or Format • Historic or Contemporary • Mixed or Uniform • Reference or Reading Will the purpose, subject driven collection of text chunks push aside e-monographs designed for sustained reading?

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