Shonda Brisco

co-author of No Shelf Required: e-Books in the 21st Century Library

November 4, 2015

Shonda Brisco is the director of the Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. She received her MLIS from the University of Oklahoma in 1999 and her BA in English and journalism from Northeastern State University in 1984. She has been a professional librarian for the past 25-years at the academic and K-12 levels in both Oklahoma and Texas. She is a member of the Oklahoma Library Association, as well as the American Library Association, and has been the "Digital Resources" columnist for School Library Journal since 2004. She is a contributing author to No Shelf Required: e-Books in the 21st Century Library edited by Sue Polanka (2010). Her professional interests include the collaboration between academic and secondary school librarians in meeting the information literacy and research needs of incoming freshmen.

E-books have been around for more than 10 years but are still a relatively new phenomenon to many librarians and publishers. With the introduction of e-book readers, the e-book has become mainstream, with recent triple-digit annual increases in sales. But what place do they have in the library? In this volume, Sue Polanka brings together a variety of professionals to share their expertise about e-books with librarians and publishers. Providing forward-thinking ideas while remaining grounded in practical information that can be implemented in all kinds of libraries.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2011-honorees/shonda-brisco

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