Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing
The Research Library in the 21st Century
| Title: | The Research Library in the 21st Century (ID: CSD4681) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Presentations/Speeches | | Abstract: | The Research Library in the 21st Century symposium was held at The University of Texas at Austin over the course of two days, September 11-12, 2006. The idea behind the symposium was to begin shaping a strategy for the future of academic research libraries. The audio results of the symposium are included. | | View this resource: | |
Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google
| Title: | Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google (ID: CSD4642) | | Author(s): | Paul N. Courant (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The prospect of ubiquitous digitization will not change the fundamental relationships among scholarship, academic libraries, and publication. Collaboration across time and space, which is a principal mechanism of scholarship, ought to be enhanced. Reforms in copyright law will be required if the promise of digitization is to be realized; absent such reform, there is a serious risk that much academically valuable material will become invisible and unused. Ubiquitous digitization will change radically the economics that have supported university–based collections of published material. Scholars and scholarly institutions (including libraries and university presses) must assert vigorously claims of fair use and openness. | | View this resource: | |
2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers
| Title: | 2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers (ID: CSD3531) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | 2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers returns to the subject of the Five-Year Information Format Trends report of 2003, driven by remarkable changes since its publication. The new report examines the "unbundling of content" from traditional containers (books, journals, CDs) and distribution methods (postal mail, resource sharing). As the boundaries blur between content, technology and the information consumer, the report shows how format now matters less than the information within the container. The report lays out the top trends in content and what they may mean for libraries in the next five years: -Legitimacy of open-source publishing (e.g. blogs)
-Rapidly expanding economics of microcontent
-Repurposing of "old" content for new media
-Multimedia content as a service for an array of portable devices | | View this resource: | |
If You Give a Student a Computer: Managing the Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content
| Title: | If You Give a Student a Computer: Managing the Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content (ID: NLI0338) | | Author(s): | Patrick McElroy | | Origin: | Presented at ELI Meetings (2003) | | Type: | Presentations/Speeches | | Abstract: | The advent of mainstream demand for digital learning materials in higher education portends significant impact on many institutional constituencies. Using the metaphor of Laura Joffe Numeroff's popular children's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ("If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk, then a straw, then a napkin, then…"), Mr. McElroy will explore the broad implications of this growing form of learning and learning support on the institution and its resources. Mr. McElroy will propose that institutions have two choices in response to this challenge: a reactive response, where institutions incrementally respond to the growing problem, and a proactive response, where institutions collaborate to address these implications in anticipation of the pervasive role of digital learning content in the future of higher education. | | View this resource: | |
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