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Caught My Eye 5/13/13

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Here are a few item from Publishing Perspectives; Magellan Media; Washington State University; JISC and LibraryScienceList.com we thought you might finding of interest.

Big Data and MOOCs Herald Change for Academic Publishers  According to this article from Publishing Perspectives  “big Data, MOOCs and author/researcher tools were the main themes [...]

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Caught My Eye 4/17/13

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Here is an eclectic list of recent publications that includes an editorial in a local newspaper in Steamboat Springs, CO; a report in the NY Times on academic conferences and journals;  a SPARC primer on article level metrics; a presentation made at the ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference; and a white paper sponsored by [...]

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We just posted the  Call for Papers for the 2013 Charleston Conference so the timing couldn’t be better for this New York Times “Southern Exposure” article by Charleston culinary experts Matt and Ted Lee.

Matt and Ted highlight six trendy, must visit restaurants starting with James Beard Award-winning Chef [...]

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Caught My Eye 4/3/13

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The Big Roundtable Rethinks The Editorial Model For Long-Form Journalism, Hits Its Kickstarter Goal  is an article in TechCrunch  that discusses a new long-form journalism startup called The Big Roundtable.  The new start-up the brain child of  Michael Shapiro a professor at the Columbia School of Journalism.  Rather than the common practice [...]

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Caught My Eye 4/1/13

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Here are a few recent articles and posts that we thought you might find of interest:

 

For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity In this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Jennifer Howard reports on “a conference held here at the University of Pennsylvania last week, librarians talked about the [...]

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Oxford University librarian is SACKED after students do the Harlem Shake in her prestigious library

Evidently, senior staff members at St. Hilda’s, a 120-year-old Oxford University College, are incensed that students disrupted the quiet of the library by filming themselves doing the Harlem Shake, the latest dance craze and posting it on Read More...

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