Law Professors and the Kindle
If you can't tell, I'm rather fascinated by e-book technology and how it affects or may someday affect the law school experience. I've previously written:
Well now I've read, over at the Criminal Library Law Blog, that "Lyonette Louis-Jacques of the D'Angelo Law Library at the University of Chicago has conducted a quick, informal, but very interesting survey asking law school librarians how many of their faculty members use Kindles."
The survey was conducted, among other ways, via Twitter (by the way, be sure to follow me @lawschoolguide on Twitter), and found that law professors and law students aren't yet running to the Kindle in large numbers.
Is this because maybe the Kindle is still seen as a toy, used for more recreational purposes? Could its image change? Can and will law schools help to change this by pushing for the availability of more legal texts on handheld readers? Should they?
As always, let me know what you think. Do you see e-books becoming an every day part of law school life, even a few years down the road?
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