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Slideshare: Crafting New Narratives of Community, Connecting, Creating, and Participatory Learning at The Unquiet Library: A Makerspace Culture of Learning A First Outline of Our New Chapter for 2012-2013 | Presented to Dr. Adrian Thomason, July 16, 2012 | Buffy J. HamiltonCC "Defining Makerspace A place where people learn to use tools and materials and can develop creative projects Can be embedded inside an existing Makerspace organization or standalone on its own Adaptable-can be shaped by educational goals as well as students' creative interests"

Google has been scanning millions of books and uploading them so they can be read for free online. There are currently 20 million books that can be accessed for free through books.google.com, with the company's stated goal of having every book ever printed available. The major publishers of the world have been trying to sue them to stop this from the time they began the project. "Lawsuits trying to stop Google Books have been ongoing since 2005, and Thursday, eight years later, a judge finally ruled in Google's favour. Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. district court wrote that Google's scanning constitutes fair use because it alters the form the text appears in, and also uses some clever code to prevent the material from being copied en masse by users. Google Books "advances the progress of the arts and sciences, while maintaining respectful consideration for the rights of authors and other creative individuals, and without adversely impacting the rights of copyright holders."

Offers a subscription approach to world e-book library. From their site: "Our goal is to provide Free public access for a month to 2 Million eBooks. During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 750,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 (US) per year."

Christ Brogan chooses his three words for 2010: ecosystems, owers, kings. These three words will guide all of his goals and actions for 2010. Excellent post that challenges us to choose our own three words for the year.