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University libraries are increasingly becoming entwined with technology, from online catalogs to the merging of computing labs with the library. The EDUCAUSE resource center offers an array of information on topics such as digital libraries, electronic publishing, electronic resources, disability access, information discovery and retrieval, IT-library collaboration, and information commons.

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E-Textbooks for All: October 7, 2008

A pilot at the University of Texas at Austin will replace printed textbooks with electronic versions for all students in certain classes, free of charge. …
Repurposing Open Source Software for Agile Digital Image Library Development: October 16, 2008

In 2007, the University of West Florida Department of Digital and Learning Technologies was charged with the task of rapidly developing a digital image library focusing on the university'…
Using Personas to Understand the Needs and Goals of Institutional Repository Users: October 3, 2008

This study shares the results of an effort to understand the needs and goals of future institutional repository (IR) users at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB). Due to underutilization …
Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge: September 16, 2008

Given the abundance of open education initiatives that aim to make educational assets freely available online, the time seems ripe to explore the potential of open education to transform the econ…
The Little Engine That Can: September 4, 2008

The History Engine site is an online resource for students to search and browse written tidbits — what historians behind the project call “episodes” — and to contribute their own entr…
Students Flock to Web Sites Offering Pirated Textbooks: September 4, 2008

A new survey of students found that about a quarter of them reported hunting for an illegal copy of a textbook from pirate Web sites. The survey was small—only about 500 students from two co…
Textbook Sales Drop, and University Presses Search for Reasons Why: September 4, 2008

Textbook sales are headed downward at many university presses, and the negative trend has accelerated in the last couple of months. That's the word from press directors anxious about the dec…
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…
Next Steps for E-Texts: August 26, 2008

Predicting when e-textbooks will become a viable alternative to the dead-tree variety churned from printing presses to millions of college students a year is a bit like asking whether newspapers …
Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California: August 18, 2008

Would-be reformers are trying to beat the high cost -- and, they say, the dumbing down -- of college materials by writing or promoting open-source, no-cost online texts. …

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