Category Archives: all things digital

December 19, 2012

Why doesn’t my public library have more e-books?

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Forbes.com investigates the current e-book lending situation at public libraries in an article titled The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers vs. Libraries. The challenge to libraries is not insignificant.  Four of the six publishers are not providing eBooks to libraries … Continue reading →

October 26, 2012

Finding One’s Space in DH

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Yesterday Lee Bessette posted about the benefits and pitfalls of doing and defining digital humanities (DH) in Inside Higher Ed’s Blog U: College Ready Writing, “Why I Support an Open Definition of DH“: “This is why I think the big … Continue reading →

July 5, 2012

E-textbooks. Survey says…

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Inside Higher Ed reported this morning on a recent survey of iPad and e-textbook use by college students on four-year campuses. “But even as iPad adoption appears to have stagnated, e-textbooks show signs of finally gaining traction. Twenty percent of students … Continue reading →

January 6, 2012

Peer Review No Longer in the Dark

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In today’s Inside Higher Ed, Scott Jaschik reported on sessions taking place at the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting discussing the role of traditional blind peer review in scholarly publications in light of the ever-evolving digital landscape for current and … Continue reading →

November 9, 2011

Zimmerman, Zinn, Zingg, and Zuberi

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Leslie, Heather, and Lisa study the “Z” contract files as they finish up our 5-week, 1,000+ e-book backlist clearance project.

September 30, 2011

Putting out a fire

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In today’s Shelf Awareness for Readers newsletter, editor John Mutter opens with a piece on Amazon’s new Fire tablet.  Many in the book business worry about power becoming concentrated in the book world. Amazon likes to play rough: recently it … Continue reading →

September 15, 2011

E-Textbooks at Indiana

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The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus section published a column today on Indiana University’s experiment with E-Textbooks. Here’s how it works: Students in a select group of courses are required to pay a materials fee, which gets them access to the … Continue reading →

August 17, 2011

Michael, we have recommendations for you

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A few weeks ago when Michael Charry’s new biography of George Szell was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and Huffington Post on the same day, I checked Amazon.com every few hours to see how the book was … Continue reading →

July 20, 2011

JSTOR-leaks

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Today’s Inside Higher Ed reports on the grand jury indictment of Aaron Swartz, a 24-year-old programmer and online political activist who is accused of illegally using an MIT guest account to download millions of journal articles from JSTOR, the premier … Continue reading →

July 7, 2011

E-book rentals from University Presses

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Inside Higher Ed reported today on how some university presses are incorporating e-book rentals into marketing plans. Rental options might not catalyze a full-fledged e-book boom, press officials say. But they might capture certain customers who would not have otherwise bought the … Continue reading →