This is a long powerpoint presentation but worth skimming. Digital Textbooks: A Perfect Storm For Higher Learning. Sounds like it’s only a matter of time before e-textbooks are the norm. P.S. notice the live traffic feed box on the right … Continue reading →…Continue Reading E-Textbook presentation
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Trial access to Arabic ebooks
Through February 27, 2012, Middlebury College has trial access to the Kotobarabia Modern Arab Renaissance Collection, an electronic archive of books published between 1820-1914 from Egypt, Syria and the Islamic World. With over 2,500 titles, this collection covers humanistic, intellectual … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Trial access to Arabic ebooks
MUSE to have integrated eBooks and eJournal platform in 2012
More after the break (including link to preview). The most essential piece of information is: MUSE will provide a one-month preview period during January 2012 to allow librarians and scholars to discover the significant breadth and depth of both book … Continue reading →…Continue Reading MUSE to have integrated eBooks and eJournal platform in 2012
HathiTrust (that’s Hindi for elephant)
If you’ve searched Summon recently, then you may well have stumbled upon one of the 2.2 million public-domain books that are now available by HathiTrust, an international community of libraries committed to the long-term preservation of the cultural record. With a burden … Continue reading →…Continue Reading HathiTrust (that’s Hindi for elephant)