Go To Hellman: eBooks in Libraries a Thorny Problem, Says Macmillan CEO - 1 views
The Next E-book Device Is Already Here « The Scholarly Kitchen - 1 views
Toward a New Alexandria - 0 views
News: Highlighting E-Readers - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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"If one clear consensus emerged from the studies that have been finalized at Princeton University, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, it is this: For students who were given the Kindle DX and tried to use it for coursework, the inability to easily highlight text was the biggest lowlight of the experience."
Publishing: The Revolutionary Future - The New York Review of Books - 1 views
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Jason Epstein: "The huge, worldwide market for digital content, however, is not a fantasy. It will be very large, very diverse, and very surprising: its cultural impact cannot be imagined. E-books will be a significant factor in this uncertain future, but actual books printed and bound will continue to be the irreplaceable repository of our collective wisdom."
The Future of the Internet IV | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - 0 views
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"Overview A survey of nearly 900 Internet stakeholders reveals fascinating new perspectives on the way the Internet is affecting human intelligence and the ways that information is being shared and rendered. The web-based survey gathered opinions from prominent scientists, business leaders, consultants, writers and technology developers. It is the fourth in a series of Internet expert studies conducted by the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University and the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. In this report, we cover experts' thoughts on the following issues: * Will Google make us stupid? * Will the internet enhance or detract from reading, writing, and rendering of knowledge? "
A Study of EBook Access at Yale - 0 views
Do School Libraries Need Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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NYT asks: Do schools need to maintain traditional libraries? What are the educational consequences of having students read less on the printed page and more on the Web? * James Tracy, headmaster, Cushing Academy * Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, English professor, University of Maryland * Liz Gray, library director, Dana Hall School * Nicholas Carr, author, "The Big Switch" * William Powers, author, "Hamlet's BlackBerry" Comments indicate strong belief in the importance of books
Next Steps: Change at American University | American Libraries Magazine - 1 views
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