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HON 4960 Lifehacking the Literature: Print & Digital Culture

Concepts

Is Print & Digital an 'either/or' or a 'both/and'?
How does the format affect your reading habits?
What is a 'library' in a digital or hybrid age?

Required Materials

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens
Or...more, more, more.
What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?
The 'Future Book' Is Here, but It's Not What We Expected
Visionaries thought technology would change books. Instead, it's changed everything about publishing a book.

Cory Doctorow discusses the challenges facing authors and cultural heritage institutions with the increasing use of electronic texts.

Other Readings & Diversions

Why Can't We Read Anymore?
Why doesn’t everyone love reading e-books?
Academic study of why students prefer print to e-books.
Digital Goods Valued Less Than Their Physical Counterparts
New research shows how much consumers value digital vs physical media.
Books Won’t Die
Print Dead at 1,803

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