digital publishing, Electronic Publishing, and ELIAnnualMtg2007

In this 53-minute recording from the 2007 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, we'll hear from Kate Wittenberg in a session entitled While You Were Out: How Students are Transforming the World of Information and What it Means for Publishing. Wittenberg discusses the partnerships that publishers must create with online game developers and search engines, among others, in order to keep pace with the next generation of users

As part of my continuing series of interviews leading up to the ELI 2007 Annual Meeting, I talked with Kate Wittenberg, Director of the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia University, or EPIC. She will hold a featured session at the annual meeting on Wed., Jan. 24, from 8:00-9:00 AM entitled “While You Were Out: How Students Are Transforming the World of Information and What It Means for Publishing.”

In the interview, Wittenberg provides a brief overview of the new ways in which students are developing content and using information, and what that means for the development and management of information resources within the university. She also describes EPIC and how its efforts in digital content development reflect current and emerging trends in student creation and use of online content.