E-Content

EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Content

What do Librarians Need to Know About MOOCs?

April 1, 2013

Over the past several months, the proliferation of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has been hailed as a potent defense against the rising cost and insular culture of attending a traditional c…

Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content

January 30, 2013

This UK report, commissioned by the Strategic Content Alliance and undertaken by Ithaka S+R, "Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content", tells of how …

Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers

February 24, 2010

After several years of false starts, the universe of digital books seems at last poised to expand dramatically. Readers should view this expansion with both excitement and wariness. Excitement be…

Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education

August 18, 2008

Ithaka's 2006 survey of faculty members sought to determine their attitudes related to online resources, electronic archiving, teaching and learning and related subjects.  This study afford…

7 Things You Should Know About Lulu

January 22, 2008

Lulu is a web-based self-publishing service, providing online access to the tools an individual needs to design, publish, and print original material, including books, brochures, reports, calend…

A Review of the Open Educational Resources Movement: Achievement, Challenges and New Opportunities

February 27, 2007

This report examines The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s past investments in Open Educational Resources, the emerging impact and explores future opportunities.  Central to the report …

The Changing Information Services Needs of Faculty

July 6, 2007

© 2007 Roger C. Schonfeld and Kevin M. Guthrie EDUCAUSE Review , vol. 42, no. 4 (July/August 2007): 8–9 The Changing Information Services Needs of Faculty Roger C. Schonfeld …

The Embedded Librarian Program

January 1, 2006

Good Ideas The Embedded Librarian Program Faculty and librarians partner to embed personalized library assistance into online courses By Victoria Matthew and Ann Schroeder Wit…

Where Learners Go

January 1, 2005

The author discusses how to strengthen the library role in online learning. The author discusses how to strengthen the library role in online learning.…

The Valley of the Shadow: Scholarship in the Digital World

January 1, 2004

The University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology was created to match motivated humanists with broad-minded computer scientists to create new tools for understanding the record o…