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Caught My Eye 4/1/13

On April 1, 2013 By gilsont

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

Fo r 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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Caught My Eye: Oxford University librarian is SACKED after students do the Harlem Shake

On March 20, 2013 By gilsont

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... →

Caught My Eye 3/16/13

On March 16, 2013 By gilsont

Here are a number of fascinating articles/posts from a variety of sources including Forbes, CNET; All Twitter; JCB: the Journal of Cell Biology; and GalleyCat.

What Happens to Publishers and Authors If a Used Ebook Market Becomes Legal? If you found that our recent “Article of the Week” Read More... →

Caught My Eye 3/5/13

On March 5, 2013 By gilsont

Here are a variety of items from a number of diverse sources including Good Ereader; Lapham’s Quarterly; the Chronicle of Higher Education; the Wall Street Journal and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Feature: Are eBook Apps, HTML5, or ePub3 the Future of Digital Publishing? This post on Good Ereader.com by Michael Kozlowski [...]

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Caught My Eye 2/8/13

On February 9, 2013 By gilsont

Reveal Digital Looks to Digitize Special Collections We reported the launch of Jeff Moyer’ new company, Reveal Digital in our News & Announcements 1/25/13 . Now, Barbara Quint in this post in Information Today elaborates on this enterprising effort to “create a network of library partners and specialty [...]

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Caught My Eye 1/30/13

On January 30, 2013 By gilsont

World wide web creator sees open access future for academic publishing According to this post in PhysOrg, world wide web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee thinks “that the open access activists will win out” when it comes to the future of academic publishing. He was speaking at the launch of the $40 million CSIRO’s [...]

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