A Librarian's Perspective on E-Lending via Book Riot

Today I would like you to head over to Book Riot to see this excellent essay about E-Books and libraries. I am constantly dismayed at the number of library workers who disparage E-Books [and Graphic Novel and Audio]. More often than not this comes from an equally annoying tendency of those in our profession to fetishize the physical book as an object. 

Click here to read the full article. I have also reposted the opening below.

But also, note that Book Riot has a "Libraries" tag that you can use to curate the excellent librarian created content they provide every day. 

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A LIBRARIAN’S PERSPECTIVE ON E-LENDING

Anna Gooding-Call Oct 20, 2021

There are very few things that will divide readers as strongly as the ebook/print book debate. Once upon a time, librarians were just like that: either print purists or digital radicals. Even right up until the pandemic, patrons of libraries tended to be somewhat unaware that library ebooks existed at all. There wasn’t many, partially owing to the fact that they’re heckin’ expensive, and many patrons just didn’t know how to ebook. Anyway, much of the public still thinks “quaint paper warehouse” when they hear “public library.” That includes some librarians. Believe it or not, some people still get into the profession because they just like books.

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