A University That Reveres Tradition Experiments With E-Books

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Textbook pages never rustle during a University of Virginia seminar about the Salem witch trials, because printed books have been replaced by electronic ones.

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Students in the experimental course were lent hand-held computers loaded with several assigned textbooks, as

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A University That Reveres Tradition Experiments With E-Books - May 11, 2001
Academic E-Publishing: Some Key Players - May 18, 2001
Proponents of 'E-books' Say the Technology Is Ready If the Titles Are - October 13, 1998
Colleges Create Versions of Web Pages Designed for Hand-Held Devices - September 15, 2000
Agreement on Technical Standards Could Increase the Use of 'E-Books' - October 30, 1998

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