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IntroductionIn the spring of 2005, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) surveyed its academic member institutions to examine the current state of institutional repositories (IRs) in the US. This effort was coordinated with the work CNI performed in compiling information for the United States country report in preparation for an international conference titled “Making the […]
GUILDERLAND, New York (AP) — A new way to borrow audiobooks from the library involves no CDs, no car trips, no fines and no risk of being shushed.Read the Full Story
Washington, DC, August 24, 2005 – The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry, today released the results of a survey measuring state support for electronic and online instructional materials. Twenty-one states require approval of textbooks, and school purchases hinge on that approval. Software and […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS – When students wander into the former University of Texas undergraduate library this fall, gone will be the “Quiet Please” signs, the ban on cheeseburgers or sodas, the sight of solemn librarians restocking books. Read the Full Story
As students at eight colleges shop for notebooks and car decals this fall, they’ll have another product to consider at the campus bookstore: electronic textbooks. But not everyone expects the e-books fly off the shelves.Read the Full Story
SAN FRANCISCO — Stung by a publishing industry backlash, Google has halted its efforts to scan copyright books from some of the nation’s largest university libraries so the material can be indexed in its leading internet search engine.Read the Full Story
The field of digital libraries has always been poorly-defined, a “discipline” of amorphous borders and crossroads, but also of atavistic resonance and unreasonable inspiration. “Digital libraries”: this oxymoronic phrase has attracted dreamers and engineers, visionaries and entrepreneurs, a diversity of social scientists, lawyers, scientists and technicians. And even, ironically, librarians – though some would argue […]
The march from textbooks to computerized content began to look a little more inevitable this week as educators in Arizona and Tennessee edged closer to the all-digital curriculum.Read the Full Story
AbstractPeople are capturing and storing an ever-increasing amount of digital information about or for themselves, including emails, documents, articles, portfolios of work, digital images, and audio and video recordings. Computer processing, storage, and software tools available to individuals are increasing in power, volume, and ease of use, year on year. Many issues arise from this […]
Digital Libraries Initiative Phase 2 Get the latest information about latest Digital Libraries Initiatives online. Highlights include: FY01 Information Technology Research (ITR) Awards announced Digital Libraries Initiative 2 and IMLS Principal Investigators Meeting, Roanoke, VA, June 28, 2001: Presentations Digital Libraries Initiative 2 (DLI2) Mailing List Archives: A Mailing list archival site for the digital […]
