Prof Simon Handley, dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, said ebooks removed all practical and financial barriers.

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The award was in recognition of its "ebooks programme" which provides free digital course books for psychology, science and technology students.

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Dick Brass, vice president of technology development at Microsoft, said the technologies will launch a lot of new areas such as eBooks, tablet PCs, ePads and ePaper, with eBooks to come out of the gate first with "major announcements" in about six months.

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As reading transitions to eBooks, libraries are well equipped to help patrons understand and get the most from this technology.

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So, of course, technology has made huge inroads into the book industry, you know, in terms of pads and eBooks and, you know, the whole sort of things that are available online.

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