A new Off The Shelf Column in Reference Books Bulletin (Booklist) explores open access e-textbooks. The CK12 Foundation, Connexions, Flatworld Knowledge, and Merlot are discussed. Other Off The Shelf pieces are on the articles page.
Exploring Open Access E-textbooks
April 12th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: Academic Libraries · Articles of Interest · Business Models/Pricing · Conferences/Events · DRM · Print on demand · Textbooks · Vendor News
10 Takeaways from the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference for Librarians
February 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Earlier this week I attended the O’Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) Conference for the first time. Over 1250 attendees gathered in New York City to discuss and network about issues and trends in publishing, in particular, digital publishing. While much of the information presented was for the publishing industry, I did manage to find several [...]
Tags: Conferences/Events · DRM · Ebook Readers · EPUB · Formats · Library News · Marketing · Print on demand · Self Publishing · Textbooks
Tools of Change – Future of Digital Textbooks
February 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off
Tools of Change Conference – Future of Digital Textbooks, Feb. 23 10:45- 11:30 Speakers: John Warren (Moderator) , Eric Frank, Flatworld Knowledge; Frank Lyman, CourseSmart; Nicholas Smith, Agile Mind; and Neeru Khosle, CK12 Foundation Questions: What is your company doing? What challenge or problem are you trying to solve? Give an example of a successful [...]
Tags: Academic Libraries · Business Models/Pricing · Conferences/Events · Textbooks · Vendor News
