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Digital Promise

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Digital Promise continues to move along. It has now passed the US House and Senate. According to the website it : “. . .seeks to establish the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust (DO IT), to be funded by revenues from a … Continue reading →

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OpenDOAR, dSpace, Fedors and other repository news

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Two related yet unrelated items today: dSpace and Fedora have officially announced they will be partnering. This comes as good news for those of us who have long wanted to use Fedora for its open and expandable model, but have … Continue reading →

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McLuhan, Mailer, 1968

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Mailer, McLuhan, 1968, a CBS talking show program titled “The Summer Way” and Google Video. Web serendipity strikes again, or always, or…hmm…I’m sure McLuhan would find another way to express it. But one fav quote from the show: McLuhan (around … Continue reading →

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Univ Presses Make Jump to Kindle

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

According to an article in a recent “Inside Higher Education” several University Presses are releasing new or existing books on the Kindle. “By the beginning of the fall, Princeton plans to have several hundred books available for sale through Kindle. … Continue reading →

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MBooks – Their Library, Your Selections

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

University of Michigan has created an interesting digital library application: building on its partnership with Google Books, it offers users the opportunity to create custom collections of works that have been digitized. Once you create an account you can create … Continue reading →

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Safari to Kindle, According to Pogue

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Safari books users rejoice: Well-known NY Times tech pundit David Pogue mentions that: “O’Reilly is about to offer a bunch of its bestsellers for sale on the Amazon Kindle. . . Early next month, the company will also start selling … Continue reading →

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Bb Europe: some new features

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

While the B in Blackboard might just as well stand for Behemoth, right now it’s the only game in town for us. Meanwhile, BbWorld Europe continues apace and the bloggers are buzzing. Niall Sclater of Open University has a longish … Continue reading →

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American Civil War resource until June 30

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Alexander Street Press is offering free access, until June 30, to its digital collection of American Civil War materials. This contains four collections: Letters and Diaries Illustrated Newspapers and Magazines Photographs War Research Database This is a gold mine! For … Continue reading →

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Powerset: Smarter searches for Wikipedia

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Powerset has been working on a search engine that incorporates natural language and semantic web technologies. They’ve just released their first product which is used to search Wikipedia. According to their blog: “Instead of being limited to keywords, Powerset allows … Continue reading →

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NCSU Library Loans Kindles

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Hope Greenberg

Next week the Learning Commons at the North Carolina State University Library will begin lending Kindle ebook readers. Students will tell reference librarians which books they would like to have downloaded onto the devices, which they will check out for … Continue reading →

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