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E-books have been around since the early 1990s but have had a slow adoption by the higher education community. While e-books allow for the inclusion of richer media, providing a more interactive experience for the reader, the format, as well as access and copyright issues, are still currently evolving. Explore this resource site—a collection of all EDUCAUSE resources related to E-Books.
Articles, Papers, and Reports
- A Study of Four Textbook Distribution Models, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, December 2011. In preparation for campus-wide e-text adoption, Daytona State College completed a two-year comparative study of four textbook distribution models: print purchase, print rental, e-text rental, and e-text rental with e-reader device.
- Mobile Perspectives: On e-books E-Reading: The Transition in Higher Education EDUCAUSE Review, March/April 2011.
- 2011 Horizon Report, ELI/NMC, February 2011. Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education. This year electronic books are prominently featured in the report.
- The User-Driven Purchase Giveaway Library, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2010.
- Deploying Innovation Locally, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2010.
- E-Textbooks: “An Interesting Ride”, EDUCAUSE Review, March/April 2010.
- 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers, ELI, March 2010.
- Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 2010
- E-Books in Higher Education: Are We There Yet?, ECAR Research Bulletin, January 2010
- 7 Things You Should Know About E-Books, ELI, November 2006
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- eTexts: A Perishable Opportunity for Higher Education?, EDUCAUSE Live!, January 2012. This EDUCAUSE Live! This program addresses the strategic, business, and policy implications for institutions in light of a changing world of consumer electronics and new models for digital educational resources such as eTexts, website tutorials, and other licensed content
- Digital Content in Higher Education – Practical Findings, ELI Web Seminar, March 2011 (ELI membership required) This webinar provides an overview of the digital textbook landscape as it currently exists and a glimpse into the emerging trends that will shape higher education digital content in the near future.
- Dealing with the Changing World of E-Textbooks, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, October 2010. This video from E10 examines the current trends in textbook technology with respect to delivery platform options (iPad, Kindle, etc.), software format (electronic publication versus PDF), and pedagogical implications.
- Kindles in the Classroom: Theories, Practices, and Results in a Lower-Division English Course, ELI Annual Conference, January 2010. At California Lutheran University, the goal of the Kindle pilot project was to explore and identify the practices that would best optimize the Kindle's teaching/learning potential—a potential CLU recognized as promoting deeper student engagement in critical reading and writing.
- E-Readers and E-Textbooks: Current Reality and Future Possibilities, EDUCAUSE Live!, August 2009. This seminar addresses the current state of e-reader devices and their functionality as platforms for the delivery of e-textbooks, as experienced by Northwest Missouri State University in its 2008–2009 pilot study.
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A Model for Today: Partnering with Industry to Enhance Institutional Information Security Capabilities
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Many academic organizations are facing the same problems: an aging decentralized computing infrastructure, growing use of mobile devices, increasing use of network resources, and ever-present exter…
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Spear Phishing: Novel Techniques for Detection and Prevention
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April 17, 2013
Spear phishing is one of the most serious class of threats that IT security struggles with. While spear phishing attacks are seemingly straightforward, the variability of delivery and infection of …
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Creating an IT Security Baseline
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
The UW–Madison Office of Campus Information Security has worked with the campus community to develop a baseline information systems security standard that's intended to help departments on c…
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Proven Strategies for Web Application Security
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Web application security is the Sisyphean task facing institutions of all sizes. Approaching web application security is an extremely daunting task. University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts…
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Bootstrapping IT Security
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March 12, 2013
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
This session will cover the history of the Brown Security Round Table, the benefits of this committee, and lessons learned. Come and talk to some of the founding members of this committee to learn …
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Data Custodians, It's 11 p.m.: Do You Know Where Your Confidential Data Is?
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March 20, 2013
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A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Many campuses find that the proliferation and continued storage of confidential data on desktop and laptop computers to be one of their top security risks. In combination with policy and awareness …
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Cybercrime Threats: How Criminals Bypass Security Measures to Steal Your Sensitive Data and Money and Ruin Your Reputation
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May 16, 2012
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2012
Data breaches and credential/PII theft incidents are becoming more prevalent, and recent red flag rules require heightened data security procedures. Meanwhile, BYOD, social media proliferation, and…
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Tools and Methods for Managing Snort Sensors in Distributed Environments
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May 16, 2012
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2012
Intrusion Detection Systems are a valuable component of a security monitoring program; however, they can be expensive to operate, both in terms of equipment/licensing costs and person hours. By mak…
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Tools, Techniques, and Practices: Lightning Round
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May 16, 2012
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2012
Discover the tools, techniques, and practices that are already working in higher education and how you can adapt these at your institutions. Georgia Tech—Fighting Backlinks: Identifying and …
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DNS Sinkholing to Reduce Network Compromises
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May 16, 2012
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2012
Large university networks are often decentralized as a result of organic growth and federation between schools. These environments therefore tend to lack centralized network security controls, whic…
