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Bookglutton.com, a site where students can read and share books over the Internet is causing controversy with colleges
By Brett LoGiurato
Posted: 3/3/08, 10:49 PM EST Section: News
Gay questioned whether universities should sponsor sites like BookGlutton, since the problem of Internet source reliability could come into play.
"I feel like students need to be aware of research sites like Project Gutenberg so that they can find reliable sources, but I don't think it is appropriate for universities to sponsor these sites," Gay said. "This is more a question of teaching students about the sources that are available to them."
Ariel Vegotsky, a freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said she thought the site would be helpful for English classes.
"I would definitely use it, most likely only to help out with school books though," Vegotsky said.
Imani Folkes, a freshman magazine journalism major, said she would enjoy chatting about the books online.
"I think it would be pretty cool to use the Web site as a discussion setting, where students can post comments and bring up issues about the book," she said.
Folkes said she would use the site because she loves to read and hear other people's opinions about books she has read.
But Folkes also acknowledged some of the drawbacks of such a Web site.
"I personally don't like reading things online," she said. "It's hard for me to stare at text on a computer screen for long periods of time."
bplogiur@syr.edu
"I feel like students need to be aware of research sites like Project Gutenberg so that they can find reliable sources, but I don't think it is appropriate for universities to sponsor these sites," Gay said. "This is more a question of teaching students about the sources that are available to them."
Ariel Vegotsky, a freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said she thought the site would be helpful for English classes.
"I would definitely use it, most likely only to help out with school books though," Vegotsky said.
Imani Folkes, a freshman magazine journalism major, said she would enjoy chatting about the books online.
"I think it would be pretty cool to use the Web site as a discussion setting, where students can post comments and bring up issues about the book," she said.
Folkes said she would use the site because she loves to read and hear other people's opinions about books she has read.
But Folkes also acknowledged some of the drawbacks of such a Web site.
"I personally don't like reading things online," she said. "It's hard for me to stare at text on a computer screen for long periods of time."
bplogiur@syr.edu
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Aaron Miller
posted 3/04/08 @ 2:26 PM EST
Hi,
We're glad to have the interest of the University community. All of the texts we currently offer in our catalog are public domain works and are as accurate and reliable as Gutenberg texts. (Continued…)
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