Hello all!!

I have to 2nd Sarah's message.  There are a lot of issues with the National Library and it's not a resource that I am promoting.  From what I can discern, they do not have the rights to all those copies and are using this national emergency to validate opening up their collection.  It's one thing when they have one reader/copy at a time, but the multi-user feature is concerning.  

Let's continue to work on curating open sources as a group that are respecting the authors and publishers as best we can. 

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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:14 PM Sarah Lynch via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
Louise and all others,

It has been well documented that the National Emergency Library is violating copyright laws and is bad for authors. I am not using nor encouraging my teachers to use the National Emergency Library. We aren't going to be able to do the same lessons that we did in person and that should be ok. This situation does not make it okay to hurt authors who already don't make tons of money from book sales. Please consider not using the National Emergency Library. A quick news search will let you read what authors have to say about this internet piracy.

Sarah

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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:37 PM Beecher, Louise <lbeecher@bridgeportedu.net> wrote:
Hello,

Here are a couple of options  - Open eBooks  and the National Emergency Library. If the students are using tablets or phones, I think Open eBooks would be best, because it can continue to be a feature after the emergency. The selection of books is up-to-date and excellent and each titles can be read simultaneously by the whole class.

The accessibility in the National Emergency Library is phenomenal. But it can be very hard to navigate.  I recommend creating an account and then going to one of the links below.



Open eBooks
 
Open eBooks provides students and teachers with access to up-to-date books, both fiction and non-fiction, from leading publishers such as Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins.
 
Advantages:
 
  • Books are available simultaneously to multiple users. That means that teachers can assign a class book.
  • The check out period is eight weeks.
  • Students can borrow up to 10 books, allowing them to read other books of their choosing in addition to the class book.
  • Students do not have to re-register every year.
Disadvantages
 
The free Open eBooks app can only be downloaded on a tablet or smartphone, not a PC.
 
How to Get
 
  • To download the app, teachers and students need a unique code and pin.

 
For an overview of the program and a list of the participating publishers, click on the link below.
 










The National Emergency Library
 
This is an absolutely enormous collection that apparently has made it titles available for simultaneously use until June 30, or the end of the emergency.
 
Advantages
 
  • The list of available titles is much bigger than the other resources, so if you wanted your class to read "Tuesdays with Morrie," for instance, it could.
  • Signing up is very easy. Go to https://archive.org/account/signup

Disadvantages
 
  • The collection is so large and the organization so unwieldy that unless you have a book already in mind, I would strongly recommend that you use the links below

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  • The National Library is controversial in publishing circles since the books are simply "donated." Most are not in the public domain and publishers do not get a profit and the authors do not receive royalties and copyright rules ignored.

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