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Maggie Verster

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - 0 views

www.visualthesaurus.com

thesaurus dictionaries visualization reference language writing school2.0 library2.0

shared by Maggie Verster on 21 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 21 Sep 09
     
    An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map.
Maggie Verster

Guide for Educators/librarians - Ready Reference & Copyright Sources - 0 views

school.discoveryeducation.com/...referenc.html

copyright reference citation library library2.0 bibliography

shared by Maggie Verster on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 15 Sep 09
     
    Really a brilliant resource pages that covers just about everything that has do do with referencing and citation etc. Very good.
Maggie Verster

Book trailers (also a great library blog) - 0 views

slav.globalteacher.org.au/...book-trailers

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  • Maggie Verster on 14 Sep 09
     
    Thanx Andrew
Maggie Verster

iLibrarian: White Paper: Engaging the New Influencers - 0 views

oedb.org/...r-engaging-the-new-influencers

library2.0 librarianblogs school2.0 reports

shared by Maggie Verster on 10 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 10 Sep 09
     
    Edelman convened more than 100 professors of communications, journalism, business and public relations from across North America and Europe to discuss how companies, organizations and media effectively engage their stakeholders through social media. The sessions were led by more than 50 practitioners who guide digital communications strategies within leading organizations
Maggie Verster

101 Google tips, tricks and hacks - 0 views

www.techradar.com/...e-tips-tricks-and-hacks-462143

google tips searching school2.0

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  • Maggie Verster on 10 Sep 09
     
    Looking for the ultimate tips for Google searching? You've just found the only guide to Google you need
Maggie Verster

Great Books Index - 0 views

books.mirror.org

literature reading ebooks

shared by Maggie Verster on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 09 Sep 09
     
    An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation
Fabian Aguilar

Resistance to Google book deal builds as Google woos Europe - Ars Technica - 0 views

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shared by Fabian Aguilar on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Last Friday, the deadline passed for formal comments from parties interested in the Google Book Settlement, but the flow of less-formal comments doesn't seem to have abated.
  • This week, however, the focus has shifted to Europe, where Google has faced opposition from France and Germany that has prompted it to offer some concessions to local publishers.
  • First, we'll follow the action stateside, where Friday's deadline set off a flurry of filings.
  • ...15 more annotations...
  • The Free Software Foundation was among those that filed an objection, this one focused on licensing issues. Because of the nature of the suit, the settlement focused on copyrighted works, but the works scanned by Google may (now, or in the future) include those covered by the FSF's GNU Free Document License. 
  • "If the Settlement is approved, Google will be authorized to continue to digitize, sell and partially display books without complying with the 'copyleft' and 'share alike' license terms which are essential to the freedom granted by these licenses."
  • But it's not just US copyright law that's being trampled on, according to Consumer Watchdog; the settlement also conflicts with international copyright agreements.
  • The group isn't alone in thinking that; European publishers have been leery of the deal, and action shifted to Brussels this week, where the European Commission has been holding hearings on the settlement.
  • Other Commissioners seem determined to use it as a launching point for a more general attempt to deal with related issues, like the modernization of copyright law to handle digital content and the digitization of works in European libraries
  • According to various reports, two countries (France and Germany) have already decided that they will oppose the deal.
  • Google seems to have come to the hearings well prepared, with some significant concessions to hand to the Commission: books that are out of print in the US but still published in Europe won't be licensed to the Books Rights Registry. The Registry would also pick up two European representatives, one an author, one a publisher.
  • At the same time, the Commissioners note that only one percent of the works in European libraries have been digitized to date, leaving the continent at risk of lagging in an effort that ultimate should improve public access to significant cultural material.
  • One of those consumer interests is undoubtedly privacy, given the potentially personal nature of a person's reading habits.
  • ere, the story jumps back to this side of the Atlantic, where the US' Federal Trade Commission has been hashing out privacy issues with Google
  • Although nothing formal has been decided yet, Google issued a formal privacy policy and FAQ that lays out the privacy protections it affords users of its current book service, and details the features that will be used for book sales if the settlement is approved. Basically, Google will keep personal information in-house, and only share information, such as lists of favorite books, if a user specifically opts in.
  • But, if Google was hoping to keep privacy issues separate from the objections to the book settlement, a coalition of privacy advocates had an unpleasant surprise for it. The ACLU and EFF organized a coalition of authors that have dealt with privacy concerns to file a brief as members of the class of rightsholders involved in the settlement.
  • The gist of the complaint is that the settlement will leave Google in a position where it could track users' reading habits, but does nothing to ensure that it won't. "The Settlement includes no limitations on collection and use of reader information and no privacy standards for retention, modification, deletion or disclosure of that information to third parties or the government," the filing reads.
  • The filing actually was modified in time to reflect Google's privacy policy statement, and it notes that there's nothing binding about these rules; Google can change them at will in the future. Obviously, the coalition would like to see something binding written into the agreement.
  • It's obvious that the concerns about, and outright resistance to, the original settlement have been extensive, and Google is willing to make some significant concessions to try to get the deal to go through. What's less obvious is whether these concessions will be formally made part of the legal settlement and, if so, whether outside parties will have another opportunity to comment on the revisions. The scheduled decision is now less than a month away, but it looks like it's going to be an extremely busy month for everyone involved.
Maggie Verster

Commonwealth of Learning ebook- Introducing Copyright - 0 views

www.col.org/...Copyright.aspx

copyright col ebooks school2.0

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    This book was written for those who want to learn about copyright in the 21st century. It explains copyright protection and what it means for copyright holders and copyright users. It also introduces readers to contemporary topics: digital rights management, open licences, software patents and copyright protection for works of traditional knowledge. A final chapter tries to predict how technology will change the publishing and entertainment industries that depend on copyright. The book assumes no special knowledge and avoids technical language as much as possible.
Maggie Verster

Free ebook: Introducing Copyright - 0 views

soa.utexas.edu/...learning-introducing-copyright

copyright school2.0

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  • Maggie Verster on 05 Sep 09
     
    The Commonwealth of Learning has made the book Introducing Copyright available through download from its website. The book assumes no special knowledge and avoids technical language as much as possible. Introducing Copyright explains copyright protection and what it means for copyright holders and users. It introduces digital rights management, open licenses, software patents and copyright protection for works of traditional knowledge.
Maggie Verster

IMLS Museams Libraries and 21st century skills - 0 views

www.imls.gov/...21stCSkills.shtm

21stcenturyskills museams libraries library2.0

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    The Institute's Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative underscores the critical role that museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such 21st century skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness.
Maggie Verster

The Internet Mathematician - 0 views

www.vts.intute.ac.uk/...mathematics

searching school2.0 mathematics

shared by Maggie Verster on 28 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 28 Aug 09
     
    Use this free, interactive tutorial to improve your Internet research skills: Tour the best of the web for mathematics. Discover how to search the internet effectively. Judge which websites are worth using....
Maggie Verster

Learn how to do brilliant searches using google (according to levels) - 0 views

www.google.com/...p_websearch.html

google search searching tutorials educators education library2.0

shared by Maggie Verster on 17 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 17 Jul 09
     
    Web search can be a remarkable research tool for students - and we've heard from educators that they could use some help to teach better search skills in their classroom. The following Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.
Maggie Verster

African Digital Library - 0 views

www.africandl.org.za

digitallibraries school2.0 library2.0

shared by Maggie Verster on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 19 Aug 09
     
    The Mission of the ADL is to provide digitised full text resources to learners in Africa via the Internet, thereby contributing to the revitalization of education and life long learning on the continent and alleviation of the digital divide between First and Third world countries. The ADL was created in the spirit of the African Renaissance.
Maggie Verster

The KYVL for Kids Research Portal - How to do research - 0 views

www.kyvl.org/homebase.html

visualization research

shared by Maggie Verster on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
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    A visual and step by step way to do research for children
  • Maggie Verster on 17 Aug 09
     
    A visual and step by step way to do research, for children
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