Using Textual Evidence: Making Details Speak - Essay Example

Ping Yi Lin English102 Amand Laughtland Jan 27 Body paragraph Goal The goal of this body of paragraph is to illustrate that publishers have a myopic view on the issue of eBooks and libraries, and the right of the libraries to lend the eBooks while getting them at good prices. This will help validate the earlier stated thesis that ‘E-books are software and so should be priced based on use or circulation’. It will also highlight the softening of the hard stance adopted by publishers that have led them to restrict borrowings / lending of eBooks by libraries to a given number of copies while pricing eBooks higher to the libraries.

In addition, this paragraph will also seek to validate the significant part of the thesis and the solution to the war between publishers and libraries over eBooks. The paragraph will provide a rationale for the use of the thesis where publishers treat eBooks like software and charge on a per use basis, rather than still treating them as paper books to which they have rights. To prove these points; this proposal intends to consult and use material from the following sources which are reliable and/ or peer reviewed (Adler and Clark 85);The eBook Revolution: A Primer for Librarians on the Front Lines, by Kate Sheehan, pages 58 to 61.

(Preview link https://books.google.co.ug/books?id=eGWy57vUy2YC&pg=PA58&dq=publishers+and+libraries+war+over+e+books&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IULaVNnMOo3gOO_BgIgB&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=publishers%20and%20libraries%20war%20over%20e%20books&f=false); This is a published book that talks about the thawing of publishers earlier held hard-line view concerning eBooks and lending of the same material by libraries. The book says that publishers are looking into the future with optimism and pragmatism rather than with fear and trepidation.

The damaging myopia associated with publishers in yesteryears concerning eBooks and induced by fear is slowly receding. The fear of publishers on eBooks and pricing is discussed in detail and the discussion leads to a new concept of adopting a different pricing model for eBooks to ensure everyone is a winner; the publishers and librarians.Application of Cloud Computing in Libraries: published in the International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology by Anna Kaushik and Ashok Kumar, Vol 3 Issue Number 4: The material is a peer reviewed journal that proposes a new way to ensure all players get their due revenue using the SaaS (software as a service) model.

The SaaS can be adapted for use by libraries where their services, including book lending is connected to clouds, which may be eBook repositories owned by publishers. The eBooks are then charged to the library per use, which then charges patrons on a per use basis. Digital Rights Management for Content Distribution, published in the ACSW Frontiers 03 Proceedings of the Australasian information security workshop conference on ACSW frontiers 2003 - Volume 21 Pages 49 to 58. Authors are Qiong Liu, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, and Nicholas Paul Sheppard: This article discusses the issue of DRM (Digital Rights Management) in light an increasingly digitized world where books have evolved from paper backs to eBooks that can be downloaded and even shared, as a way to protect the content rights that publishers are so worried about with the advent of eBooks that libraries can buy for onward lending to countless patrons.

E-Books in Libraries: A Briefing Document Developed in Preparation for a Workshop on E-Lending in Libraries, published in the Social Science Research Journal; authors are David O’Brien, Urs Gasser, and John G Palfrey Jr.: This publication tackles the challenges that publishers face in a digitized world, their concerns, and those of librarians over eBooks. It seeks to find a convergence from where the antagonists; Librarians and Publishers can find common ground and kick start a new and fruitful relationship and set the stage fpor a new error in how information is shared and accessed.

Chosen resource;Application of Cloud Computing in Libraries: published in the International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology by Anna Kaushik and Ashok Kumar, Vol 3 Issue Number 4: < http://www.ijidt.com/index.php/ijidt/article/view/3.4.9/pdf> Works citedAdler, Emily S, and Roger Clark. How Its Done: An Invitation to Social Research. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008. Print.