{"title":"The Tree-Friendly iPad","authors":"Norm Medeiros","doi":"10.1108/10650751211279094","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – This article aims to describe the impact that iPad ownership by undergraduates may be having at the author's institution.Design/methodology/approach – The article considers the iPad's lightweight nature and crisp display as promoting both its carrying and reading appeal.Findings – The article discusses scenarios fostered by the iPad and emerging tablet products.Originality/value – The article theorizes that a tipping point has been reached regarding the format preference of print and electronic books.","PeriodicalId":444419,"journal":{"name":"OCLC Syst. Serv.","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"OCLC Syst. Serv.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1108/10650751211279094","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose – This article aims to describe the impact that iPad ownership by undergraduates may be having at the author's institution.Design/methodology/approach – The article considers the iPad's lightweight nature and crisp display as promoting both its carrying and reading appeal.Findings – The article discusses scenarios fostered by the iPad and emerging tablet products.Originality/value – The article theorizes that a tipping point has been reached regarding the format preference of print and electronic books.