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Jennifer Parsons

Free Webinars Introducing FOSS4LIB | Library Open-Source Software Registry - 2 views

foss4lib.org/...-webinars-introducing-foss4lib

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shared by Jennifer Parsons on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Parsons on 27 Mar 12
     
    Say, Sharla, would this be something our customers might be interested in?  I'm curious about it myself.
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  • Sharla Lair on 28 Mar 12
     
    Yeah, this looks very promising. Interestingly enough it is through Lyrassis, the company from which I am considering purchasing online courses. Go figure! How do we promote? Are all of the members on the training listserv? Can we just forward this email out on it?
  • Jennifer Parsons on 28 Mar 12
     
    Not all, just some, but this might be the kind of thing we'd cross-post on (i.e., to the Mobius-users-l list as well as the Training-l list). Christopher is usually the one who posts to the lists about training, and he does it across several lists; you may want to check with him. As far as promoting, I don't know-- first of all, will Lyrassis let us promote their stuff? I don't see why they wouldn't, but you never can be sure with some providers. But the lists are usually where a lot of the action is. We might also want to do a blog post to the MOBIUS website, too.
  • Sharla Lair on 28 Mar 12
     
    Ok. I'll talk to Christopher this afternoon about promoting training.
  • Christopher Gould on 01 May 12
     
    FYI, the training list is largely defunct. It was populated by people who were interested in discussing training with the MOBIUS office, but I was the only one who ever posted anything.
  • Sharla Lair on 02 May 12
     
    Yeah, that's often how lists go. People are always afraid to speak up.
Scott Peterson

Amazon Rolls Out Kindle MatchBook: Buy a Paper Book, Get the Kindle Version Cheap or Fr... - 0 views

techland.time.com/...e-kindle-version-cheap-or-free

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 13 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 13 Sep 13
     
    I'm not too sure if this should be taken as a good or a bad sign for the Kindle. On the one hand it increases the promotion and awareness of it, on the other Amazon seems to be trying too hard to promote the Kindle, and I wonder when the point of market saturation will be reached.
Megan Durham

A Philosophy of Bold Promotion in Arkansas - 0 views

www.infotoday.com/...ld-Promotion-in-Arkansas.shtml

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shared by Megan Durham on 14 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Megan Durham on 14 Sep 12
     
    I think we need MOBIUS e-cards or billboards, perhaps?
Scott Peterson

Word Book Night - 0 views

www.us.worldbooknight.org

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shared by Scott Peterson on 25 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 25 Apr 13
     
    The website for an event to give out books to people who don't regularly read. IN the U.S. the figures are 25,000 volunteers giving out 500,000 books. While an annual event that happened on April 23rd it needs more promotion, I hadn't heard of it until I read an article about it.
Scott Peterson

Wal-Mart stops selling Amazon Kindles - 1 views

www.reuters.com/...n-kindle-idUSBRE88J0WA20120920

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shared by Scott Peterson on 04 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 04 Oct 12
     
    Coming after Target stopped selling them in May this is likely more from Wal-Mart wishing to promote their online products than from any drop in demand for the Kindle.
Scott Peterson

Library 'attacked' for zombie film - 0 views

www.morningsun.net/...brary-attacked-for-zombie-film

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shared by Scott Peterson on 18 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 18 Oct 12
     
    An interesting promotional approach considering the popularity of zombie movies and TV shows like "The Walking Dead." I also found it humorous they got in the mood by watching the Michael Jackson "Thriller" video.
adrienne_mobius

New SLIM Comic Takes Librarians into Metaspace - 3 views

slim.emporia.edu/...akes-librarians-into-metaspace

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shared by adrienne_mobius on 15 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • adrienne_mobius on 15 Jun 12
     
    Supreme Librarians in Metaspace! Definitely take a look at this promotional comic by Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management. Click on the cover to go to the comic.
  • anonymous on 18 Jun 12
     
    Surprise, surprise... Metaspace is populated with cats.
Scott Peterson

How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...re-science-cell-damage-science

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shared by Scott Peterson on 13 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 13 Dec 13
     
    An examination of how "luxury" journals that supposedly promote the best in research can sometimes have the opposite effect but attracting articles meant to gain attention or show current novelty topics.
Scott Peterson

Some big-six publishers refuse to sign new contracts with Amazon - 1 views

paidcontent.org/...sign-new-contracts-with-amazon

shared by Scott Peterson on 12 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 12 Apr 12
     
    At least two of the big-six publishers are refusing to sign new annual contracts with Amazon. While that could result in their "buy" buttons being turned off, it is more likely that the feud will result in less promotion of big-six publishers' titles on the site.
  • anonymous on 13 Apr 12
     
    No real surprise here. With Amazon trying to make deals directly with authors to avoid having to pay big money to these publishers it's no wonder. It's only a matter of time before these big publishers either go out of business or wise up and scale back.
Donna Bacon

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

www.readability.com/read

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  • 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.
Scott Peterson

Tumblrarian 101: Tumblr for Libraries and Librarians - 1 views

www.thedigitalshift.com/...r-for-libraries-and-librarians

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shared by Scott Peterson on 28 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Megan Durham on 28 Aug 12
     
    I think I have a Tumblr account (?) but obviously I don't use it. Anyone have one? Tumblr got me a job. Being intimidated by the prospect of a "full-size" blog, I joined Tumblr in February 2011. Since then I've shamelessly promoted my "name" and stalked down as many libraries/librarians on the site as I could find. I've connected with libraries, librarians, library students, publishers, writers, readers, Doctor Who fanatics, and cat lovers.
  • Scott Peterson on 30 Aug 12
     
    A bit too much of a fan piece but a general description of how librarians can use Tumblr as networking. The basic function is similar to Twitter--namely microblogging, but post aren't limited to 140 characters of text and can include image, videos, and audio clips.
Justin Hopkins

Shareable: Everyone's a Maker at this Library Maker Space - 0 views

www.shareable.net/...er-at-this-library-maker-space

shared by Justin Hopkins on 26 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 26 Jul 12
     
    An article about a Maker Space at the Westport, Connecticut library, which includes a 3D printing project. 3-D printing is one of the waves of the future and I know the MST library looked at one; hosting the Maker Space in the middle of the library is a good way to promote it but I wonder if the noise and activity will end up distracting to the other patrons.
  • Justin Hopkins on 27 Jul 12
     
    This is epic. Someday soon libraries will be repositories of genetic information and in addition to 3D printers they will have biological printers. Even though libraries lending seeds is fairly new, in the not so distant future that function will be obsolete as patrons are able to come into the library and print the genetic materials needed to grow any plant species on record.
Megan Durham

Stunning idea: digital library in Bucharest subway station [pictures] - 0 views

ebookfriendly.com/charest-metro-station-pictures

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shared by Megan Durham on 12 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Megan Durham on 12 Jul 13
     
    Vodafone Romania, in collaboration with a publishing house Humanitas, launched an ambient advertising campaign, which is simply fantastic. A Victoria Square metro station was turned into... a digital library. The walls are being covered with large format posters, from top to bottom. Bucharest commuters who enter the station suddenly discover that they're in an impressive library.
  • Megan Durham on 12 Jul 13
     
    @Sharla can we use this to promote the new Ebsco ebook purchase. . . we just need a big wall!
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