Posts by: gilsont
Is the system of peer review breaking down? Perhaps not, but it is certainly beginning to show some ware, at least according to Global Pressure on Peer Review, a report from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s David Wheeler. In his article, Mr. Wheeler discusses a revealing panel discussion at the annual meeting of the [...]
Read More... →Today’s menu: an addendum to the ebrary student ebook survey; more John Cotton Dana awards; a new Univ. of Michigan law journal; 500,oo0 new WorldCat records from China and a new European Library Standards Handbook.
Addendum to ebrary’s 2011 Global Student E-book Survey Now Freely Available
Today ebrary announced that the social media data of [...]
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Creative advancements in Open Access to be showcased at SPARC March meeting (Hotel reservation deadline Today)
The SPARC Innovation Fair… “is a favored highlight of the biennial SPARC Open Access Meeting, set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 12 & 13.” Some of the innovations [...]
Read More... →Title: Printing and Prophecy Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 Author: Jonathan Green ISBN: Hardcover:978-0-472-11783-3; Ebook 978-0-472-02758-3
Price: Hardcover: $70; e-book (DRM Protected PDF Document) $60
Imprint: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012, 280 pages.
“Printing and Prophecy: Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 examines prognostic traditions and late medieval prophetic texts [...]
Read More... →Apple’s iBooks Author gets some competition; HarperCollins’ 26-Loan Cap is reappraised; Barnes and Noble to release lower end Nook; and cloud computing best practices for state and local government.
2 New Platforms Offer Alternative to Apple’s Textbook-Authoring Software
Apple’s iBooks Author software has some new competition that makes it easier “for multiple authors [...]
Read More... →Career opportunities at: Univ. of Maryland; Mississippi State Univ.; Univ of Notre Dame; Stanford Univ. Medical Center; and Loyola▪Notre Dame Univ.
Research Data Librarian Post-Master’s Program - Univ. of Maryland
“The University of Maryland Libraries is seeking a Research Data Librarian in the Post-Master’s Program. This is a two-year [...]
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