Virtual Libraries

Textbook Alternative

Open-source textbooks, long considered a promising way to cut costs but still not widely used, could become more readily available… More »

Barnes & Noble, Microsoft Form Strategic Partnership to Advance World-Class Digital Reading Experiences for Consumers

NEW YORK and REDMOND, Wash. — April 30, 2012 — Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)… More »

How Nik Osborne Plans To Disrupt Class

The head of Indiana University’s e-texts program lays out how his institution plans to “disrupt” the traditional textbook publishing model… More »

The Library of Utopia

Google’s ambitious book-scanning program is foundering in the courts. Now a Harvard-led group is launching its own sweeping effort to… More »

Web Archives for Researchers: Representations, Expectations and Potential Uses

The Internet has been covered by legal deposit legislation in France since 2006, making web archiving one of the missions… More »

The State of Mobile in Libraries 2012

As patrons embrace mobile devices, libraries need to provide new services. Here’s a look at the state of mobile library… More »

Apple updates iBooks Author license, clarifies sales restrictions

Apple on Friday rolled out a minor update to iBooks Author, its new tool for creating interactive ebooks. Though the… More »

FCC Chairman: Digital Textbooks to All Students in Five Years

Wednesday, at the first-ever Digital Learning Day Town Hall in Washington, DC, FCC Chairman Genachowski and Secretary of Education Duncan… More »

Why University Leaders Are Collaborating on eTexts

extbooks continue to account for a large chunk of college expenses — an average of $1,168 per student annually at… More »

Relaunching the iPad: Apple drops new iPad apps for digital textbook creation and distribution

NEW YORK CITY — Apple made its much-anticipated move on the education technology industry on Thursday, announcing a revamped version… More »