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If you are a member of Mann Services and Collections, you can see the E-reader review in progress by the Mann e-reader group at https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/servcoll/E-reader+Review. otherwise, a version as of APril 5, 2010 is attached below.

From Dan McKee:

"For those interested in eBook usage in the classroom, Princeton has recently posted the report on their pilot project testing the use of Kindles for course readings. You can see the reports (full and summary versions) here: http://www.princeton.edu/ereaderpilot/ 

The executive summary states: The goal of printing less in the pilot courses was achieved: pilot participants printed just over half the amount of sheets than control groups who did not use e-readers. The classroom experience was somewhat worsened by using e-readers, as study and reference habits of a lifetime were challenged by device limitations. This pilot suggests that future e-book manufacturers may wish to pay more attention to annotation tools, pagination, content organization, and in achieving a more natural "paper-like" user experience. In summary, although most users of the Kindle DX were very pleased with their "reading" experiences with the Kindle, they felt that the "writing" tools fell short of expectations, and prevented them from doing things easily accomplished with paper.

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