Textbook Alternative
Open-source textbooks, long considered a promising way to cut costs but still not widely used, could become more readily available and easily vetted as a University of Minnesota project expands. Inside Higher Ed Full Story
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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) today announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both companies. The partnership will accelerate […]
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 with the help of publishers themselves. Campus Technology Full Article
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 put our literary heritage online. Will the Ivy League succeed where Silicon Valley failed? MIT Technology Review Full Story
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 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). Access to the web archives has been provided in the library on an experimental basis since 2008. In the context of increasing interest in many countries in web […]
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 services—and what libraries need to do to stay on the radarLibrary Journal
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 1.0.1 update weighs in at nearly 150MB, Apple says only that it “provides an updated version of the End User License Agreement.” While that hefty piece of legalese helps clarify some of the agreement’s contentious […]
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 challenged states and the education and technology industries to get digital textbooks into the hands of all students in five years. Barriers to adoption of digital textbooks include: antiquated state procurement rules, lack of device […]
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 four-year public colleges, according to CollegeBoard. Some U.S. universities are searching for ways to keep more money in students’ wallets by making affordable digital textbooks readily available.ConvergeFull Article
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 of its iTunes U platform that could challenge traditional learning management systems. It also unveiled new tools for creating and distributing low-cost digital textbooks that could speed the pace of e-text adoption.Full articleInside Higher Ed
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