Thursday 14 July 2011

Thing 6: Books 2.0

·         Is Google making us Stupid?: Well to me its easier said than done but the truth is google innovations over the years has made a lot of us not wanting to read or should I say make us pay less attention to details thinking that we can always google ourselves back to the same information at any time and thus diminishing our urge to read. While in another perspective, it has enable us learn how to read, write and communicate effectively with its awesome features. In a nutshell, the article is trying to make us imbibe the spirit of reading.
·         Litlovers: is a community site for the well read where one can learn how to read, know about the most popular book club or how to create one, book discussion, reviews, reading guides and much more.
·         Netlibrary: an eContent site with an array of free books online, the site supports the most content from leading publishers  to provide a flexible and stable eContent platform that is positioned for continual rapid content growth
·         Open Culture: is an educational/cultural media on the web, though I have used EBSCO HOST before, I found that the site offers online course as well as language lessons with an audio books available for the visually impaired.
·         World Cat: is a social media on FB page that allows users to search for books all around the world using library name or location to read or borrow books. With an education category, it has 1,251 monthly active users.

1 comment:

  1. Which site did you add to your Facebook page?

    Also, please write about how you would use any of these sites in your AC!

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