Go, Lovely Rose: On the Ephemeral Nature of Interactive e-Books.
Spurred on by the rapid pace of technological development, a new breed of highly interactive e-books has arisen. Ironically, the same rapid pace of development makes preserving these e-books a near-impossible task for libraries. Although libraries have extensive experience with print preservation, m...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Book Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 23 - 39 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2013
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