Category: Books
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1001 Canadians – Pleasure Reading Survey
"The National Reading Campaign recently commissioned a study by Environics Research Group to gather benchmark data about the pleasure reading habits of Canadians. Based on a nationally representative sample of 1,001 Canadians, the survey results revealed a population of passionate readers still very engaged with traditional reading platforms, and a group of Canadians not reading…
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26% of book collections are now digital…
…at least according to the results of Wiley's 2013 Librarian Survey. They've created a couple of nice infographics to go along with their data, so go have a look.
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Free ebook: The Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning program at the University of Alberta
The Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning program at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) is pleased to announce the publication of a new free ebook: Becoming and Being: Reflections on Teacher-Librarianship, edited by Jennifer Branch-Mueller, Kandise Salerno, and Joanne de Groot. Each chapter was written by 25 graduating (or soon to graduate) TLDL students as part…
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ERIC Restores Online Access to Full Text from 2005-2013
Well here’s some good news! ERIC Restores Online Access to Full Text from 2005-2013 Posted with Blogsy
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2012 – my year in reading
In 2011 for the first time I started tracking the books I was reading, and in January of 2012 I posted about what and how I'd read during 2011. Here's my post for what and how I read in 2012. In 2011 I tracked my reads in a basic text file in Evernote. That ended…
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Elsevier acquires Knovel
1. What is the scope of the deal?Elsevier has purchased Knovel in its entirety. 2. Were there multiple bidders?Yes, there were several.3. Why did Knovel investors decide to sell to Elsevier?Knovel was not looking to sell and was aggressively investing in its business. We were approached by several potential acquirers because of the market’s growth…
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Netspeed 2012 program announced
The program (pdf) for Netspeed 2012, to be held in Edmonton, AB, Oct 18-19, has just been released. Information about this year's conference seems to be a little scattered, with the official page linking to an official blog, and no link (except in the email I got) to the registration site, which is currently the only…
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Some thoughts on the Access Copyright – AUCC Model Licence
I honestly don't have anything new to add to this situation, but I wanted to throw together a few links for you to follow (legally even!) if you want to try and figure out what's going through the heads of the administrators at Canadian Universities that are planning to sign on with the Access Copyright…
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New Book: Screencasting for Libraries
Greg Notess, one of the first to see the possibilities of screencasting in libraries, has just announced that his new book, Screencasting for Libraries, part of the excellent ALA Tech Set series, has now been published. I had a chance to review this title a couple of months ago and found it an excellent guide…
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Game Changers – new ebook from Educause
Educause has just released a new ebook called Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies, which you can download for free. I just ran a quick search through the 388-page PDF version and see that libraries are mentioned in a significant way about a half-dozen times, so you might find it worth your while to take…