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Layers, e-Books e-Libraries

Gino Roncaglia, Università della Tuscia

Augmented reality: the idea

Augmented reality: the idea

The concept of layer

Why are layers relevant for e-books?

AR e-books seem cumbersome…

A completely different approach to layers:

content and services within the book

Brian Dettmer - http://magicworldimage.com/2011/11/incredible-works-of-art-with-old-books/

Layers vs. pop-up

Kobo

Margins, yesterday…

… and today: Bookliners, Open Margin, Highlighter…

Margins and layers:

• dictionary

• translations

• wikipedia

• footnotes

• annotations

• discussions

• multimedia

• georeferencing

• cronoreferencing

• characters

• social networks

• learning (exercises…)

• other readers

• …

Layers

• content

• interaction

• services

Open protocol for e-book layers

• using ePub 3 ebook as base layer

• cloud based

• open API

• publisher-independent

Who builds the layers?

• authors• publishers• readers (users)• external services• libraries and librarians• teachers and students• …

Layers-aware repositories

gino roncaglia

roncaglia@mclink.it

http://www.ebooklearn.com/libro