Abstract
In the 21st century, with the rapid development of mobile Internet, people's reading habits have started shifting from the traditional paper-based media, to completely new media such as cell phones, eBook readers, tablet PCs and so on. "Shanghai Library’s Urban Digital Reading Service Platform" integrates all types of collections of digital resources to support eBook readers, tablet PCs, smart phones and other types ofmobiledevices. Thisplatformprovidesaconvenient,low-costandfriendlylearninginterfacetoonline users, providing one of the best reading experiences. This also creates a one-stop public library reading platform, and meets the reader’s need for reading on the go. By investigating and researching libraries’ experiences and requirements for digital reading platforms and its internationalization service, this paper will discuss its further development.
Highlights
Humans have never stopped in their pursuit for knowledge
In the 21st century, with the rapid development of mobile Internet, people's reading habits have started shifting from the traditional paper-based media, to completely new media such as cell phones, eBook readers, tablet PCs and so on
In the 21st century, with the rapid development of mobile Internet, people's reading habits have started shifting from the traditional paper-based media, to completely new media such as cell phones, eBook readers, and tablet PCs. (Zhang, 2015) In China, almost all the major network booksellers and book publishing groups have launched eBook sales services
Summary
Humans have never stopped in their pursuit for knowledge. As technology leaps forward, the content carriers for human reading known as “books”, have turned from materials like bones, sheepskins, and bamboo slips into what we know today as paper. In the 21st century, with the rapid development of mobile Internet, people's reading habits have started shifting from the traditional paper-based media, to completely new media such as cell phones, eBook readers, and tablet PCs. (Zhang, 2015) In China, almost all the major network booksellers and book publishing groups have launched eBook sales services Under this model, the traditional library is being transformed to better meet the diverse multi-leveled needs of its readers, and is learning to provide public services with its rich eBook resources in the electronic environment. At the end of the last century, Shanghai Library purchased the Rocket eBook (Figure 1), manufactured by NuvoMedia and the SoftBook (Figure 2) which is designed by IDEO and Lunar Design These proved to be the first step for providing eBook services in China. Creating the e-book reading platform on our own has become a viable option
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