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The University of California Libraries will join with the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin and University of Florida in a groundbreaking initiative to identify and make available digital versions of “orphan works” within the holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library. SOURCE: University of California SystemRead The Press Release
The idea that higher education is creeping toward an all-digital future has turned textbook season into a spectator sport. Will this be the year e-textbooks make their move?SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article
When a cadre of international scientific research powerhouses announced last month that they were teaming up to create a top-shelf, peer-reviewed free journal in the medical and life sciences fields, some called it a “triumph of open access” — proof that the tide was turning in favor of a once-radical movement aimed at cutting through […]
U.S. lags with state-control stepsSOURCE: The Washington TimesRead the Full Article
Amazon on Monday announced Kindle Textbook Rental, which will enable students to save up to 80 percent off the retail prices of textbooks, by renting them as ebooks from the Kindle Store, instead of purchasing them outright. It’s like a library—only one that you pay for the privilege of borrowing from.SOURCE: McWorldRead the Full Article
AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to document the integration of Web 2.0 [1] services into the working framework of some of the most advanced academic libraries in the world. It reports a follow-up study that builds on a previous study conducted approximately two years ago. The comparison of those two studies produces interesting findings, […]
State taking a two-year hiatus on buying social studies textbooks as it prepares for a shift to digital resourcesSOURCE: eSchool News Read the Full Article
Abstract In spring 2010, authors from the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted a national survey on digital preservation of Institutional Repository (IR) materials among Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions. Examining the current practices of digital preservation of IR materials, the survey of 72 research libraries reveals the challenges and opportunities of implementing digital […]
When Amazon.com’s ground-breaking Kindle eBook reader came out in 2007, it cost $399. Now, some eReaders, including the most recent Kindle entry, can be had for just north of $100.SOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
Creative Commons, educational publishers have teamed up to make search results more relevant for students and teachersSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
