Over the last few months I’ve been trying to work out how I can make technical books available within my small team; both for general information as well as technical self-learning & certification.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, printed books would be purchased and a support ticket would be created to keep tabs on who had which book. With the increasing popularity of eBooks, however, it isn’t quite so straight-forward anymore.<\/p>\n
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While eReaders such as the Kindle and Nook are quite popular, they are really focused on providing content to a single person and lack the controls required for an IT Department. Common tablet devices also have a variety of apps that can be used to read material, but again the lack of a centralised facility to share and control access to licensed items makes them problematic.<\/p>\n
I think for now the best compromise is a mix of both old and new methods; Physical books for certification-related study (so you can focus just on the material along with high-quality diagrams), and eBooks for everything else (with new books added to the device monthly).<\/p>\n
Couple this with the support ticket method of keeping track of who has what and it should allow the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n
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Over the last few months I’ve been trying to work out how I can make technical books available within my small team; both for general information as well as technical self-learning & certification. Traditionally, printed books would be purchased and Continue reading Digital libraries for techs<\/span>