Beyond print: reading digitally

• Published in: Library hi tech Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 390 - 399
• Main Author: Brown, Gary J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.12.2001; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Digital rights management; Digitization; E-books; Electronic book readers; Electronic documents; Electronic periodicals; Electronic publishing; Habits; Interoperability; Libraries; Organic light emitting diodes; Portable computers; Readers; Reading; Reserve collections; Software; Software development; Standardization; Technological change; United States > US; Software development; Electronic publishing; Reading

The development of reader devices and improvement of screen technology have made reading on screens less cumbersome. Our acts of reading are not univocal, as we read in many different ways with many different goals in mind. Reader software can provide different levels of navigation support for the m...