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Scott Peterson

With 'Access Codes,' Textbook Pricing Gets More Complicated Than Ever - 0 views

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  • Scott Peterson on 13 Sep 12
     
    A fairly concerning article about how a student taking a course with his wife didn't see the need to buy a second textbook for the class. However, with the textbook came a mandatory access code for supplementary materials and also to get access to the online discussion board and homework submission system. The student was unable to purchase the access code itself. This highlights an ongoing problem with software and digital access; publishers may legally be in their rights that every user is only granted access to a work and then to only one person, but users expect to be able to buy used books, old software, and so on. By essentially and artificially eliminating the secondary market of used/older materials publishers may increase their revenue per user but also increase user dissatisfaction and distrust.
Scott Peterson

U.S. Takes Huge Step Forward in Opening Access to Publicly Funded Research - See more a... - 0 views

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  • Scott Peterson on 28 Feb 13
     
    Two important new developments in access to public funded research, the FASTR Act that requires copies of articles done under NIH research to be deposited into PubMed, and a White House directive for federal agencies to develop public access policies for research and digital data.
Scott Peterson

Budapest Open Access Initiative - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 28 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 28 Feb 13
     
    A set of recommendations from BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative) for open access to research, including self archiving and open access journals.
Scott Peterson

Obama Stops Championing Treaty That Gives the Blind Better Access to E-Books - 0 views

www.wired.com/...ip-blind-treaty

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  • Scott Peterson on 14 Jun 13
     
    This was of interest considering my visit to the Wolfner Library during the conference. The issue seems to center around loosening copyright restrictions so blind readers can have more easy access to materials that have be converted into a format accessible to them, and the resistance of the entertainment and publishing industries even though it would be beneficial.
Scott Peterson

If Harvard Can't Afford Academic Journal Subscriptions, Maybe It's Time for an Open Acc... - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 27 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 27 Apr 12
     
    Time Magazine reported on how even Harvard is having trouble affording academic journal subscriptions, and how it may be time for an open access model. Some journals cost up to $40,000 a year, and single articles cost $30-$40.
Jennifer Parsons

Starting an Open Access Journal: a step-by-step guide part 1 | Martin Paul Eve - 0 views

www.martineve.com/...al-a-step-by-step-guide-part-1

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shared by Jennifer Parsons on 19 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • I have proposed that the university library could function as a re-invented university press. However, this guide is intended, over the course of as many parts as I need to be able to write this in manageable chunks, to signpost a third way. This guide is for academics who want to establish their own journals that are:Peer reviewed, in a traditional pre-review modelOpen Access and free in monetary terms for authors and readersPreserved, safe and archived in the event of catastrophe or foldReputable: run by consensus of leaders in a field
  • The board is absolutely crucial. Academic journals work on a system of academic capital; you need respected individuals who are willing to sit on your board, even if they are only lending their name and you end up doing most of the legwork. It should only be a matter of time before academics realise that journal brand isn’t (or shouldn’t be) affiliated to publishers, but rather to the academics who choose to endow a journal with their support.
  • When the first articles start flooding in, you’ll need all the help you can get. These have to be people you can trust to understand the challenges you’re facing. They need to set the bar high for the first issue while also appreciating the difficulties of attracting the big names to start-up journals. Contact people early so that you’re ready to go.
  • Jennifer Parsons on 19 Jul 12
     
    A look at the logistics how an open access journal may be set up-- as you can see, it's both cheap and easy, which which may give pause to some people who would otherwise submit articles.  For that reason, the first thing that Eve stresses is to place high priority on the quality of your board and reviewers, to give your new title some legitimacy.
Scott Peterson

The Real Reason Journal Articles Should Be Free - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 15 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 15 Mar 13
     
    An article that covers some open access and peer reviewed projects such as the Public Library of Science (www.plos.org) and ultimately makes the conclusion that research should be free because no part of the process should cost very much, and some of the hold up is academia not considering open access journals "prestigious" enough to merit tenure. I would agree in principle, especially if commercial publishers are removed from the equation. However, a lot of applied science and research relies on funding that may involve copyrighted or trademarked material, so some research will always be restricted.
Scott Peterson

Forget the Cellphone Fight - We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own - 0 views

www.wired.com/...n-your-cellphones-or-your-cars

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shared by Scott Peterson on 22 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 22 Mar 13
     
    An article that makes some good points about copyright, namely that the information we need to access, repair, or modify equipment we own is often copyrighted in itself. Which means by virtue of copyright we are unable to access the service manuals, error codes, or diagnostic tools we need to do anything with a technological device. The author makes a point that while works of art may be restricted by we own a performance right to it, physical objects we own outright.
Jennifer Parsons

HowOpenIsIt? | PLOS - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Parsons on 19 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Parsons on 19 Oct 12
     
    The Public Library of Science, or PLOS, has created a guide, the Open Access Spectrum, or OAS to help measure a publication's openness.
Justin Hopkins

Speaking of 3D printers... The World's First 3D-Printed Gun - Slashdot - 0 views

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  • Justin Hopkins on 27 Jul 12
     
    Normally I'd link to the article itself but the comments on the slashdot page are worth a read. "Will they ban 3D printers?" "Knowing our congress they'll try to ban teaching Geometry in schools... you can't print illegal shapes if you don't know shapes!" Sad but true. These are really the kinds of discussions that we will have to have as a society in the very near term. Libraries should be at the forefront of this discussion - they've always had to fight to protects peoples rights to access information. If they have public access 3D printers it's only a matter of time before the government comes knocking wanting to see the shape files that their patrons have been printing just like they do with circulation records and internet history.
Scott Peterson

The Illogical Complexity of the Walled-Garden Library - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 20 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 20 Sep 13
     
    An article that describes a problem but really offers no solutions. I would also describe the experience as not of a walled garden library but the attempts to make access available with copyright and software limitations, versus all material being only in print and physically having to go to a library that owns it to access it.
Scott Peterson

Open Access Explained! - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 18 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 18 Jan 13
     
    A video that explains some concepts about open access; some concepts are a little too idealized, some research involving material that is patented or financed by commercial interests may not be free. However, some other points, such as the extreme cost of journals, or that patrons may not know if materials are suitable until they've already paid for them is spot on.
adrienne_mobius

Credo's Literati integrates ReadSpeaker text-to-speech accessibility - 0 views

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  • adrienne_mobius on 29 Mar 13
     
    "Text to speech removes barriers for auditory learners, learners who are visually impaired and those who are learning English as a second language."
Donna Bacon

New Partnership of Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Will Promote Digital Textbooks - chroni... - 5 views

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shared by Donna Bacon on 01 May 12 - No Cached
  • Donna Bacon on 01 May 12
     
    College students still don't want e-textbooks!  Wonder if this partnership will help students change their minds.....
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  • anonymous on 02 May 12
     
    Are you serious? They LOVE e-textbooks... you can pirate them instead of spending $160 on a dead tree...
  • Donna Bacon on 02 May 12
     
    Did you read the article???? It says e-textbooks are just not taking off....they seem to like the dead trees....
  • Sharla Lair on 02 May 12
     
    While getting my MLIS, I was often given the option of buying the textbook or the e-textbook. The highest priority for me was $$$$$. eTextbooks often cost more than the el cheapos in the bookstore, AND you don't even get to keep the e version. I was usually given access to the etextbook for only 4 months. To remedy this issue all together I got my books through MOBIUS! That way I didn't have to pay anything and I didn't have to store the book after the semester was over. For students to adopt e-texts, the model has to be changed. Make them pay a flat fee with their tuition. Call it a library fee or information fee. Then give them access to the required texts while they are enrolled in a course at no additional cost. Make the texts collaborative so digital notes can be taken perhaps Diigo style so they can be shared and commented on. There is a cool tool called Citelighter http://www.citelighter.com/. Citelighter is a virtual highlighter that automates the research and paper writing process. It allows the user to find and capture unique facts online, automatically generate citations, and write better quality papers in less time. They just launched a pro version in a partnership with Cengage. Citelighter Pro users are able to add to their experience with materials from Cengage Learning. If you make it affordable, accessible, and social, college students will dig it!
  • anonymous on 02 May 12
     
    @donna I skimmed it. They are cheaper in some cases than the book new - while buying a used book ten selling it back is cheaper in the long run. Also currently ebooks don't have any really compelling features over the paper ones. Still, I'm saying that the point of view that they "aren't taking off" just means the companies selling them haven't figured out how to make money off of them. I know from talking to friends that ebooks are fairly popular, but when people pirate them these companies can't track them. On the whole I agree with Sharla - if they made the product better and keep it affordable they will see sales. If I were going to college today I'd pirate every book I need. No way am I carrying all those heavy things, but I can't afford to pay for them. It's like with music and movies. I quit pirating that stuff because Netflix/Hulu/Spotify got good and cheap. If the ebooks improve, people will pay for the same reason - it's easier.
  • Jennifer Parsons on 02 May 12
     
    I think the reason why the print versions are preferred is here: ""Most e-textbooks are slightly glorified PDF's of the print version, although that's changing," [a National College Stores Association rep] said. "Digital e-books sell for about 60 percent of the cost of a new printed copy. Since students can go to their college store and rent a print copy for between 33 and 55 percent of the cost of a new book, the e-book really needs to have more functionality to make the higher price worth their while."" Add to that what Sharla pointed out-- you can't even keep the ebooks because you're really just leasing them-- and it's no wonder nobody's interested. It's a shame, too, because I'd love to be able to do things like textbook exercises in an ebook on a tablet, or make notes in the electronic text to export and read later.
adrienne_mobius

Ebooks Choices and the Soul of Librarianship - 0 views

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  • adrienne_mobius on 07 Aug 12
     
    This article points out that many of the values of librarianship (privacy, sharing, preservation) are in conflict with current ebook models. Ebooks are not private ("libraries can't protect data stored with third parties"), ebooks can't be shared ("people can't give their used ebooks to the library"), and ebooks can't be preserved ("we can't preserve files we can't keep"). Even access is not universal ("Does your ebook platform provide content that's compatible with all devices?").
adrienne_mobius

'Library of the Future' Gets $1-Million Boost From Humanities Endowment - Wired Campus ... - 0 views

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  • adrienne_mobius on 09 Aug 12
     
    The Digital Public Library of America initiative received $1 million to support the creation of the infrastructure for a national open-access digital library.
Sharla Lair

Penguin eBooks Now Available to All Libraries via a Crappy Deal with 3M Cloud Library -... - 1 views

www.the-digital-reader.com/...ppy-deal-with-3m-cloud-library

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shared by Sharla Lair on 13 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 13 Nov 12
     
    Ok. I am seriously tired of the popular fiction/non-fiction side of ebooks. Basically Penguin is saying that they will grant libraries access to their ebooks in the way that will tick off your patrons the most, so that they will never want to use your service. Why does 3M say ok to this? Because Penguin dropped OverDrive earlier this year and this is a new way to entice people to their 3M Cloud Library product. Does MOBIUS really want to work with a company that will accept less?
Scott Peterson

A New Chapter? A Launch Of The Bookless Library - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 18 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 18 Jan 13
     
    Not exactly the first time one of these has been tried, but very close to it. The success or failure ultimately isn't how much access it provides but how much it will serve the needs of the user public.
Scott Peterson

A Data Crusader, a Defendant and Now, a Cause - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-crusader-and-now-a-cause.html

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shared by Scott Peterson on 18 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 18 Jan 13
     
    A short article about Aaron Swartz, one of the founders of Reddit who committed suicide recently. At issue is not that he was accessing an archive of unauthorized articles from Jstor, but if the prosecution and potential sentence fit the the crime and if overall more information should be free
adrienne_mobius

Smartphones Have Bridged The Digital Divide - ReadWrite - 0 views

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smartphones digital divide

shared by adrienne_mobius on 17 May 13 - No Cached
  • adrienne_mobius on 17 May 13
     
    "Since at least the 1990s, when personal computers first became commonplace, public policy experts have worried the ill effects of a Digital Divide. That is, a learning, socialization and economic gap across socio-economic status, race and gender caused by unequal access to computing resources."
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