November 18, 2009 – 1:39 pm
nbsp;http://oerconsortium.org/2009/11/15/new-…
The Student PIRGs recently launched their new Open Textbook Catalog to help faculty find high quality open textbooks.
Open textbooks listed by subject:
Accounting
Business
Computer Science
Earth Science
Economics
Mathematics
Physics
November 2, 2009 – 2:14 pm
nbsp;http://www1.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/…
Contents
Introduction
Demand, Take and Supply: The Ecology of Access; James Love
A2K Quinquennium – Now we are five – The Library perspective; Barbara Stratton
Access To Influence In WIPO‘s Development Agenda; William New
Limitations and Exceptions for Reading Disabled Persons: A New Paradigm at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights; Manon Ress
Access to Knowledge, Education, and [...]
October 21, 2009 – 1:14 pm
nbsp;http://chronicle.com/blogPost/New-Site-I…
The Internet Archive, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group, has created a system for helping people find digital books on the Internet. The service, called BookServer, collects information on digital books that are available online, either free or for a fee. Those in charge of the project say they hope it will make it easier for [...]
October 21, 2009 – 9:18 am
nbsp;http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/e…
Abstract: This ECAR research bulletin analyzes the potential impact of electronic books (e-books) on higher education. It draws evidence from a series of small qualitative studies and focus groups with faculty and students undertaken at Gettysburg College between the fall of 2008 and the summer of 2009. These studies cover a representative selection of currently [...]
October 19, 2009 – 1:22 pm
nbsp;http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/coll…
You can download the whole book, or individual sections or subsections. The book, edited by Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley and Kirstin Tolle, is being released in conjunction with the Microsoft E-science meeting currently being held at Carnegie-Mellon University.
The book is dedicated to the memory of Jim Gray and explores his intellectual legacy in Earth and [...]
October 13, 2009 – 1:23 pm
nbsp;http://www.press.umich.edu/digital/hathi…
The University of Michigan Press (UMP) is joining with HathiTrust Digital Library to open electronic content for free online access. UMP plans to have 1000 or more titles available for full viewing by year’s end. The press release announcing this partnership, and the list of the free-view Press titles in HathiTrust can be [...]
October 12, 2009 – 6:51 am
The University of Michigan Press (UMP) is joining with HathiTrust Digital Library to open electronic content for free online access. UMP plans to have 1000 or more titles available for full viewing by year’s end. The list of the free-view Press titles in HathiTrust is growing daily, and can be found at http://www.press.umich.edu/digital/hathi… .
Launched [...]
October 5, 2009 – 7:15 am
nbsp;http://www.arl.org/news/pr/spec313.shtml
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published E-book Collections, SPEC Kit 313, which examines the current use of e-books in ARL member libraries; their plans for implementing, increasing, or decreasing access to e-books; purchasing, cataloging, and collection management issues; and issues in marketing to and in usage by library clientele.
By the May deadline, [...]
October 2, 2009 – 11:17 am
nbsp;http://oerconsortium.org/2009/09/29/peer…
Peer reviews of open textbooks are now available from the Community College Open Textbook Collaborative.
Art
Smarthistory: Art History Conversation (2009)
Business
Core Concepts of Marketing: A Global Text (2008)
Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective (2008)
eMarketing,The Essential Guide to Online Marketing, 2nd edition (2008)
Principles of Management (2009)
Computer Science
Basic Computing Using Windows
Introduction to Computer Science (2009)
Quick Start to Excel 2002 (XP) [...]
October 2, 2009 – 10:51 am
nbsp;http://jurnsearch.wordpress.com/2009/09/…
A new free ebook from Media Commons Press: Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy, presented in an intuitive HTML format. The author is inviting readers to help her revise and polish the final version of the book.
source: ACRLog
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