From the monthly archives: September 2011
In an e-reader era, students prefer paper
Naturally, this article would catch our eye. It’s so Against the Grain! Students preferring paper? This isn’t how it’s supposed to be. However, according to Nicole Allen of the Student Public Interest Research Groups, even though the prices of print textbooks have surged by 22% in the [...]
Read More... →Singing Sashimi and Making a Robot with Mom: My Visit to the Future at Maker Faire
The World Maker Faire brings amateur and professional tinkerers, geeks, and artists together for a weekend of “serious fun.”
Credo Reference Performs the “Dewey Song”
Credo Reference employees perform the “Dewey Song” as a shout-out to Jenny [...]
Read More... →Call for Applications: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant
Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications in the following grant program: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. Deadline: December 15, 2011
NFAIS Workshop on Web Scale Information Discovery: The Opportunity, the Reality, the Future
Looking to implement a [...]
Read More... →by Jonathan H. Harwell, Georgia Southern University
So the Authors Guild has called out HathiTrust on allegedly not doing due diligence in researching the copyright status of orphan works. InsideHigherEd has the scoop.
And in PBS MediaShift, author Jenny Shank tells us about the challenges and rewards of being responsible for marketing [...]
Read More... →National Book Festival Welcomes eBook & Audiobook Downloads on the Digital Bookmobile
OverDrive has announced that it “will demonstrate eBooks on popular computers and devices at the National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, September 24 and 25 on the National Mall in Washington DC.” They further note that [...]
Read More... →Papercut has designs on a new storytelling genre
Papercut, a new iPad publishing platform developed by ustwo, is scheduled for release in late September. According to Jonas Lennermo, head of publishing at ustwo, “Papercut is three things: it’s a publishing platform; it could work as a storefront; and first and [...]
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