Hardback Books
A large portion of library books come as hardbacks. These hardbacks are great for elementary schools because they can take a lot more wear and tear than paperbacks. Although students in the K-12 setting are open to new kinds of books like e-books, i-books, and paper backs, hardbacks are still being purchased for library media centers.
Advantages
- Books are portable items that can be read anywhere at anytime.
- They come in variety of subjects and genres.
- The fact that many of inexpensive allows the purchaser to feel that he/she has a great investment for a small price.
- Books are valuable informants when reading for pleasure and for inquiry based/research purposes.
Disadvantages
· When the teacher needs to share information to the class as a whole from a book, he or she cannot if there is no document camera available.
· When information in books becomes outdated, there is often uncertainty about what books need to be weeded out of a library.
· The storage of books can create health challenges for some individuals who are allergic to dust that settles on collections overtime.
· Books can only be read by individuals who have certain reading and comprehension level skills.
Copyright Considerations
Hardback books are considered a print source, just like periodicals, pamphlets, newspapers, etc. As such, certain copyright laws apply to them. An educator may copy a single copy of a chapter from a hardback to use in teaching. Should more than one copy be needed, an educator must follow the following guidelines:
- “If a poem is less than 250 words and is not on more than two pages, the entire poem can be copied. For poems longer than 250 words, only 250 words can be copied.
- An article, story, or essay can be copied in its entirety if it is less than 2500 words. Other types of prose are limited to 1,000 words or 10 percent of them, whichever is less.
- Creation of anthologies, compilations, and collective works is prohibited” (Bishop, 2007, p. 73).
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