Every E-book Its Reader:Every E-book Its Reader:Let’s Discover, Collect, and Share Let’s Discover, Collect, and Share

Digitized Public Domain BooksDigitized Public Domain Books

Rebecca Blakeley, McNeese State UniversityRebecca Blakeley, McNeese State University

Hurricane RitaHurricane Rita

Damaged Library Roof - 4Damaged Library Roof - 4thth Floor Floor

The solution…The solution…

Nothing beats reading the print…Nothing beats reading the print…

Digital books Digital books have their

have their benefits too…benefits too…

Google Books: Google Books: Books & Magazines & Gov Docs!Books & Magazines & Gov Docs!

Google Books “Library”Google Books “Library”

RSS Feed AlertRSS Feed Alert

Quality is less than perfect…Quality is less than perfect…

Searching for books or gov docsSearching for books or gov docs

Searching for State DocsSearching for State Docs

Internet Archive: www.archive.orgInternet Archive: www.archive.org

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

Texts Archive CollectionsTexts Archive Collections

American Libraries CollectionAmerican Libraries Collection

Government Documents CollectionGovernment Documents Collection

Ctrl + F to browse for a state or topicCtrl + F to browse for a state or topic

Internet Archive “Bookmarks”Internet Archive “Bookmarks”

Modifying the RecordModifying the Record

The Completed Record!The Completed Record!

Don’t have the record in your OPAC? Don’t have the record in your OPAC? Just retrieve it from OCLC and modify Just retrieve it from OCLC and modify accordingly.accordingly.

Free E-books in Free E-books in World Book Advanced DatabaseWorld Book Advanced Database

Digital Primary Sources Digital Primary Sources at World Book Advanced Databaseat World Book Advanced Database

Why go through all this effort?Why go through all this effort? Documents to the People = Happy PatronsDocuments to the People = Happy Patrons