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Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment
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April 1, 2013
Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment , is a white paper published by the Association of Coll…
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E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations
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October 29, 2012
"Books are undergoing a massive transformation from being a physical object to something electronic, or an "e-book". And while e-book sales still make up only a small proportion of…
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Adoption of E-Book Readers among College Students: A Survey
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September 22, 2011
Author Nancy Foasberg, looks into the use of E-Readers on a college campus. This article was published in the September 2011 issue of Information Technology and Libraries . To learn whether…
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Temple U. Project Ditches Textbooks for Homemade Digital Alternative
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February 8, 2012
"A pilot project at Temple University this fall gave 11 faculty members $1,000 each to create a digital alternative to a traditional textbook." …
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All In the Delivery
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August 31, 2010
As publishers and analysts again wonder if e-books are about to take off, the growing popularity of rental options may play as important a role as technology. …
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A sustainable future for open textbooks? The Flat World Knowledge story
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August 3, 2010
Authors John L. Hilton III and David A. Wiley discuss the concern many college students and their families have a=about the high costs of textbooks. E–books have been proposed as one potential …
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Professor Faces Obstacles in Testing E-Reader Device for Digital Textbooks
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January 7, 2010
A professor at the Catholic University of America has been testing a new e-book reader that hasn't yet hit store shelves but that is designed with textbooks in mind. …
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What to Withdraw: Print Collections Management in the Wake of Digitization
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September 29, 2009
As journals are increasingly accessed in digitized form, many libraries have grown interested in de-accessioning little-used print originals; but desires to repurpose space often come into co…
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The Future of Scholarly Journals Publishing Among Social Science and Humanities Associations
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February 18, 2009
This report uses eight flagship titles as the initial basis for a detailed review of the business issues affecting HSS journals. The results may be helpful to those considering the future of thei…
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New E-Textbooks Do More Than Inform: They'll Even Grade You
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September 8, 2009
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is introducing e-textbooks that let students jump from a chapter to the relevant portion of a lecture and get their homework automatically graded. …

















