Electronic book is any book which can be

Electronic book is any book, which can be downloaded and read on a computer or special reader. 8

Χαρακτηριστικά à Convenient navigation (hyper-links) à Use various formats (multimedia) à Search Possibilities à Identification number (ISBN, ISSN) 9

Advantages -Limitations à à à It is a lot of easier It is much faster It is less expensive It can use multimedia and varying format options It will be available internationally On-line reading difficulties 12

Organisations of electronic publishers à à à Electronically Published Internet Connection http: //www. eclectics. com/epic Association of Electronic Publishers http: //welcome. to/AEP Internet Professional Publishers Association http: //www. ippa. org 13

HTML à à To create a book as a Webpage or series of Webpages To transform these Webpages into executable (EXE) files 20

Ways to transform text into HTML file: à à à Text HTML editor “What You See Is What You Get”, or WYSIWYG HTML editor Microsoft Word program 21

HTML -. exe tools à Hyper. Maker HTML http: //www. bersoft. com/compilers. htm à Neobook http: //www. neosoftware. com à E-ditor http: //www. e-ditorial. com/software. html à E-book Wizard http: //www. ebook-wizard. com à And many others at http: //www. ebookcompilers. com 22

PDF Open the document in Microsoft Word. à Click the Create Adobe PDF button in the task bar or choose File > Create Adobe PDF. à In the General panel, select Use Acrobat Distiller, and then select Print Via Distiller’s Printer. Then choose e. Book. Optimized from the Distiller Settings pull-down menu. à Click Create. The PDF document is generated, placed in the same folder as the original document, and then opened in Acrobat. The Adobe Acrobat software can be obtained at Adobe’s à Website at http: //www. adobe. com/products/acrobat/ 23

Projects of e-books: à à Project Gutenberg (information) http: //promo. net/pg e. Lib programme http: //www. ukoln. ac. uk/services/elib 24

Websites of e-books: à à à à The On-Line Books Page http: //digital. library. upenn. edu/books (free books) Prize-Winning Books On-Line http: //digital. library. upenn. edu/books/prize. html Christian Classic http: //www. ccel. org The Internet Public Library: Reading Room http: //www. ipl. org/reading (searching, browsing) Barnes&Noble. com E-Book store http: //ebooks. barnesandnoble. com (shopping) e. Book. Net http: //www. ebooknet. com (e. Book business news) The Internet Book Information Center http: //www. Internetbookinfo. com 25

Tips for creating your e-book à à à Create a directory on your computer to include all the files for your e-book. These files will include HTML, graphics, backgrounds, etc. E-books should contain mainly text. Try to limit your banners to one per page. To keep your file size down, you may want to use only non-animated banners. E-books are generally formatted at a small screen resolution so make sure your pages are viewable through any screen size. Include good navigational links throughout your pages. For massive distribution, make sure you include a short paragraph on your main page in regard to your copyrights and distribution. Register your e-book with ISBN agency. 26

Ιστορικό e-journals Web ή σε CDs à Ελεύθερα ή με συνδρομή à HTML , PDF, κ. λπ. à 1993 - JSTOR, Journal storage project: ηλεκτρονικό αρχείο παρακαταθήκης έντυπων περιοδικών (electronic archiving of printed journals, http: //www. jstor. org/). à 28

Τύποι e-journals à “Parallel published” journals, with both printed and electronic versions available to the public n n à Πιστά αντίγραφα έντυπων περιοδικών Ηλεκτρονικά περιοδικά με έντυπα αντίγραφα “Electronic” journals only 29

Advantages of e-journals: They are free à Their old volumes are available à They present news more efficiently than “traditional” media à They enable searching by keyword à 32

Διεθνείς δραστηριότητες προσπάθειες à Συνασπισμοί Βιβλιοθηκών - SPARC http: //www. arl. org/sparc/core/index. asp? page=a 0 à à High. Wire Press http: //highwire. stanford. edu/intro. dtl JSTOR, Journal storage project http: //www. jstor. org à à à New. Jour: directory of electronic journals and newsletters http: //gort. ucsd. edu/newjour/ Catch. Word http: //www. catchword. com/ Cross. Ref http: //www. crossref. org/ 37

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document encoding 1/4 à Title n The File Description n The Title Statement n The Edition Statement n The Extent Statement n The Publication Statement n Series and Notes Statements n The Source Description The Encoding Description n Project and Sampling Descriptions n Editorial Declarations n Tagging, Reference, and Classification Declarations The Profile Description n The Revision Description n n 41

document encoding 2/4 à Body n n n à à Page and Line Numbers Marking Highlighted Phrases n n n à à Text Division Elements Headings and Closings Prose, Verse and Drama Changes of Typeface, etc. Quotations and Related Features Foreign Words or Expressions Notes Cross References and Links n Simple Cross References Extended Pointers n Linking Attributes n 42

document encoding 3/4 à à à Editorial Interventions Omissions, Deletions, and Additions Names, Dates, Numbers and Abbreviations n Names and Referring Strings Dates and Times Numbers Abbreviations and their Expansion n Addresses n n n à Lists Bibliographic Citations à Tables à 43

document encoding 4/4 à à Figures and Graphics Interpretation and Analysis n n à Technical Documentation n à à Orthographic Sentences General-Purpose Interpretation Elements Additional Elements for Technical Documents Generated Divisions Index Generation Character Sets, Diacritics, etc. Front and Back Matter n Front Matter n n n Title Page Prefatory Matter Back Matter n Structural Divisions of Back Matter 44

Examples of e-journals on Web Arts Journal http: //www. artsjournal. com/ v Ellavon http: //www. ellavon. com/ v Flightless Humingbird http: //www-personal. umich. edu/~rmutt/Home. Page. html v Frontera Magazine http: //www. latino. com/index. phtml v Intercultural Communication http: //www. immi. se/intercultural v Cultural Critique http: //www 3. oup. co. uk/jnls/list/cultur/ v Invisible culture http: //www. rochester. edu/in_visible_culture/ivchome. html v Baltolink: A critical Journal on the arts http: //www. baltolink. org/ Collections of electronic periodical publications: v The Internet Public Library: Reading Room http: //www. ipl. org/reading/serials v New Jour http: //gort. ucsd. edu/newjour/ v Electronic Library http: //wwws. elibrary. com/ v 48