September 22, 2009 – 11:41 am
Anthony Grafton [who, by the way, owns a bookwheel] comments on Google Books in The New Yorker.
Google and the Judge
“Google’s decision to feed its library into the Espresso Book Machine (and to donate its own share of revenue to charity) is not simply a sign of its power; the Google Books project is [...]
August 31, 2009 – 4:06 pm
Google Book Search – Is it The Last Library?
At the UC Berkeley Google Books Settlement and the Future of Information Access Conference on Friday, August 28, many expressed their dismay over the outcome. One researcher suggested that Google Books will be the Last Library. He also pointed out that there is no guarantee [...]
I think the ideas are great and I want to return to the academy as a student when it is all in place!
End the University as We Know It
Thoughts on the UM Press Digital Move
by Sue Polanka
You’ve probably read the news about the University of Michigan Press going digital only with most of their titles. They’ve decided to jump to the future business model ahead of many publishers, by going digital now, rather than later. I like their reasoning for the move. Phil [...]
A few interesting facts on student behavior.
Primary Research Group has published: The Survey of American College Students: Student Use of Library E-book Collections (ISBN #: 1-57440-113-0).
This report presents approximately 70 tables of data exploring how full time college students in the United States view and use their college library’s [...]
November 21, 2008 – 1:10 pm
http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com/2008/11/51com-launches-opensocial-to-31m-unique.html
September 10, 2008 – 10:05 pm
One person’s view of the planned Ex Libris URM
http://acrlog.org/2008/07/21/what-do-faculty-want-from-librarians/
Any other things???
I was talking to someone at a workshop recently and she directed me to this article, noting that it is old news! I confess that I am still a bit lost, but learned a few things here. It feels a little bit familiar. Was this already posted? Deja vu all [...]
