- The eTextbook market is growing rapidly and is expected to surpass printed textbook sales within the next few years as the number of eReaders and tablets increases drastically.
- For eTextbooks to be effective, they need to include interactive tools and multimedia elements to engage students more than static digital texts.
- As technologies continue to develop and prices decrease, eTextbooks will likely continue integrating more interactive features and start resembling websites more than books. However, printed textbooks will still have advantages for some uses.
In the last 10 years there has been much speculation about the role of e-books and e-book readers. This presentation looks at the impact of e-book readers on publishing and reading, the types of e-book readers, their advantages and disadvantages.
This presentation was provided by George Kershcer of The DAISY Consortium, Jon R. Gunderson of The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Alicia Wise of Elsevier, during the NISO Webinar "Unprecedented Access: Improving the User Experience for People with Print Disabilities" which was held on December 8, 2010.
Mass media can reach a wide audience and is a primary means of communication. It includes print media like newspapers and books, as well as electronic media like radio, TV, and the internet. Mass media benefits education by giving all students an equal chance to learn regardless of attributes, and allowing distribution of information over long distances. While it can be misused, mass media is generally a useful tool for grading schools, showing their successes, and praising high-performing students. E-books are digital publications that can be read on computers and devices. They have advantages like low updating costs, multimedia capabilities, and searchability. However, they also have disadvantages like not being as convenient to read as print and risking piracy.
This document discusses e-resources and information literacy. It describes Libraries Thriving, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a positive future for libraries. It discusses several studies on challenges students face with research in the digital age. Common frustrations include overwhelming information, lack of context, unfiltered search results, and not finding citable sources. The document also discusses the value of librarian and faculty collaboration, technology trends, and provides examples of initiatives at different institutions to improve student learning and use of e-resources.
The document summarizes a panel discussion on the future of libraries held at SUNY Potsdam College. The 6 panelists discussed how user behaviors and technologies are changing libraries. Users now expect instant access to information anywhere through mobile devices. Libraries are providing more digital resources and collaborative spaces while print collections decline. New models like purchase-on-demand and e-books are shaping library collections. Discovery tools aim to improve search across resources but challenges remain regarding evaluation, serendipity and supporting different user levels.
E books and ereaders in your school library program buffy hamilton july 2011Buffy Hamilton
Slides to support a daylong conversation and exploration about ebooks and ereaders in school library programs for the Richland School District One, Columbia, SC
This document discusses digital textbooks. It defines a digital textbook as an e-book intended for use in a class. It lists advantages like lower costs, easier monitoring of student progress, and access to multimedia content. Disadvantages include the transition costs, student preferences for print, and issues of device access and digital literacy. The document also provides details about popular digital publishing platforms and the process of producing an interactive e-book, including editorial analysis, digital development, and quality assurance testing.
School librarians have increasingly adopted e-books and other educational technologies over time. While e-book use is growing, adoption rates are still lower in K-12 schools than public libraries due to issues like lack of funds, training needs, and restrictions on electronics in classrooms. Librarians must investigate options from various e-book vendors and work with technology departments to effectively integrate e-books into their libraries and curricula.
In the last 10 years there has been much speculation about the role of e-books and e-book readers. This presentation looks at the impact of e-book readers on publishing and reading, the types of e-book readers, their advantages and disadvantages.
This presentation was provided by George Kershcer of The DAISY Consortium, Jon R. Gunderson of The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Alicia Wise of Elsevier, during the NISO Webinar "Unprecedented Access: Improving the User Experience for People with Print Disabilities" which was held on December 8, 2010.
Mass media can reach a wide audience and is a primary means of communication. It includes print media like newspapers and books, as well as electronic media like radio, TV, and the internet. Mass media benefits education by giving all students an equal chance to learn regardless of attributes, and allowing distribution of information over long distances. While it can be misused, mass media is generally a useful tool for grading schools, showing their successes, and praising high-performing students. E-books are digital publications that can be read on computers and devices. They have advantages like low updating costs, multimedia capabilities, and searchability. However, they also have disadvantages like not being as convenient to read as print and risking piracy.
This document discusses e-resources and information literacy. It describes Libraries Thriving, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a positive future for libraries. It discusses several studies on challenges students face with research in the digital age. Common frustrations include overwhelming information, lack of context, unfiltered search results, and not finding citable sources. The document also discusses the value of librarian and faculty collaboration, technology trends, and provides examples of initiatives at different institutions to improve student learning and use of e-resources.
The document summarizes a panel discussion on the future of libraries held at SUNY Potsdam College. The 6 panelists discussed how user behaviors and technologies are changing libraries. Users now expect instant access to information anywhere through mobile devices. Libraries are providing more digital resources and collaborative spaces while print collections decline. New models like purchase-on-demand and e-books are shaping library collections. Discovery tools aim to improve search across resources but challenges remain regarding evaluation, serendipity and supporting different user levels.
E books and ereaders in your school library program buffy hamilton july 2011Buffy Hamilton
Slides to support a daylong conversation and exploration about ebooks and ereaders in school library programs for the Richland School District One, Columbia, SC
This document discusses digital textbooks. It defines a digital textbook as an e-book intended for use in a class. It lists advantages like lower costs, easier monitoring of student progress, and access to multimedia content. Disadvantages include the transition costs, student preferences for print, and issues of device access and digital literacy. The document also provides details about popular digital publishing platforms and the process of producing an interactive e-book, including editorial analysis, digital development, and quality assurance testing.
School librarians have increasingly adopted e-books and other educational technologies over time. While e-book use is growing, adoption rates are still lower in K-12 schools than public libraries due to issues like lack of funds, training needs, and restrictions on electronics in classrooms. Librarians must investigate options from various e-book vendors and work with technology departments to effectively integrate e-books into their libraries and curricula.
Digital Text:
Introduction:
When we think about the text, we have some ideas in our minds
that text is any piece of writing in printed form. The text may be in
the form of papers, slogans and in canvass form.
But when we think about digital text, we say that firstly it is a
technology based written material. It is in coded form. It is a piece
of writing written in coded form found in computer, laptop, mobile
devices and other technological devices.
Definition of Digital Text:
Electronic versions of a written text or words or images that make up
that text is called digital text.(IGI- Global Dictionary).Continue:
Digital Text is delivered on a computer or another electronic devices
to meet the students and teachers’ need .
Now the world has become a global village . It is because of
technology. With the help of technology, we can be in touch with
one another and get communicated using ICT –Information and
communication Technology. Technology has provided us not only a
platform of business communication, but also pedagogical learning
and teaching platform for teachers and students respectively.
Technology has provided us innovation in every field of life. it is in
medical field, pedagogical, etc.
Thus the technology has revolutionized the world. Features of Digital Text:
Text features are parts of text that draw your attention to important
information. Text features in a book may include titles or headings,
subtitles, bold print, bullets, quotations, pictures, maps or diagrams,
captions, and sidebars.
You may see these types of text features in digital text, but you will
also see digital text features.
Digital text features include, hyperlinks, audio, video, interactive
images (photo galleries, maps, diagrams, simulations), pop ups,
interactive questions, and comment/note options.
Continued:
• Hyperlink:
A hyperlink points the reader to additional information in the form of a website or file.
Hyperlinks are usually indicated with a different color or underline.
• Sidebar:
Additional information found on the side or bottom of an article or webpage.
• Pop up:
A pop up is a window that gives the reader more information. In this example, the
pop up defines a word in the text.
This document provides a history of the Follett Corporation from its founding in 1873 as a used bookstore to its current operations. It discusses Follett's expansion into textbook and library services over decades. The document evaluates the strengths of Follett's Destiny Library Manager product, including comprehensive searching, mobile access, and extensive technical support. Both librarians and students provide positive feedback on Destiny. The document also notes some potential weaknesses like formatting issues and over-reliance on network connectivity. It ultimately recommends Destiny as a one-stop shop for library management.
Follet Destiny - Automation System Evaluationirelandfam
The document provides an evaluation of the Follett Destiny library automation system. It begins with a brief history of Follett and an overview of Destiny's features, which include user and administrative tools as well as digital content and safety features. Potential areas of concern from user reports are noted, such as issues with printing or adding ebooks. The document recommends Destiny based on its widespread use, up-to-date technology, and ability to meet all of a library's automation needs while advancing into additional educational software.
This document discusses student-generated digital textbooks. It provides reasons why students use digital textbooks, including lower costs, portability, interactivity, and frequent updates. It also outlines the process for creating a digital textbook, which includes aggregating sources of information, curating the most relevant sources, and designing how the curated resources will be presented for a class. The transition to digital textbooks has benefits but also challenges regarding access, literacy, teaching methods, and issues of value, quality, privacy and intellectual property.
This document discusses the future of libraries and learning in a digital world. It notes that books, media, mobility, collections, and the role of libraries are all changing dramatically due to technological advances. It argues that libraries must adapt to remain relevant by focusing on virtual services, ebooks, blended learning, knowledge portals, and building communities rather than just physical collections. The future of libraries depends on understanding users, measuring impact, and emphasizing strategic partnerships, analytics, and social connections rather than just buildings and resources.
This document discusses the changing role of libraries in a digital world. It notes that everything connected to our world is changing, including books, media, mobility, collections and libraries themselves. It highlights that people are also changing, with shifts in demographics, education, technology use and more. The document argues that libraries must adapt strategically to stay relevant by focusing on discovery, ideas, learning, and serving all users through both physical and virtual services.
This document provides strategies for reading digital text. It outlines various strategies that can be used before, during, and after reading, including finding appropriate texts, setting the stage with images, removing distractions, using anticipation guides, scaffolding with graphic organizers, annotating, summarizing, and discussions. The strategies are meant to help students engage more effectively with digital texts.
The Current State of E-Books in Academic Libraries: A North American PerspectiveMichael Levine-Clark
Levine-Clark, Michael, “The Current State of E-Books in Academic Libraries: A North American Perspective,” Invited. Emerging Trends in Digital Publishing and the Digital Library, National Taiwan University Library, Taipei, January 8, 2013.
學術圖書館之電子書現況
The Current State of eBooks in Academic Libraries
Professor Michael Levine-Clark, 美國丹佛大學圖書館學術交流與典藏服務部門主任
http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/events/2013_CALAB/
Digital textbooks offer benefits over traditional printed textbooks such as being more engaging for students through the use of multimedia, being more easily updatable, and reducing costs. However, some challenges remain such as the need for sufficient technology infrastructure in schools and students' homes, as well as teachers needing training to effectively utilize the digital format. While digital textbooks are becoming more prevalent, the transition comes with adjustments as schools, teachers, and students adopt new methods of teaching and learning.
Discussion of the information-seeking behaviors of digital natives vs. digital immigrants emphasizing the digital natives preference for digital resources. Includes a discussion of libguides for faculty and student research guidance.
This document summarizes the implementation of a 1-to-1 iPad program at a Jesuit high school in San Francisco with 1,455 students. It describes the professional development for teachers which includes Apple training sessions, lunch workshops, and an iPad social. It outlines the student training process of distribution workshops and a freshman technology workshop. It also discusses the apps used by students, how iPads have been used for learning activities, issues around loss and breakage, the IT infrastructure changes needed, and considerations around leasing vs buying iPads and insurance options.
This presentation discusses e-books and virtual libraries. It defines e-books as book publications made available in digital form that can be read on computers or electronic devices. E-books have grown in popularity as they allow users to instantly purchase, download and access a large number of titles. The presentation also defines a virtual library as a collection of digitized resources that can be accessed online through a single interface, providing users with library services virtually without physical walls. It notes the benefits of e-books and virtual libraries include increased access, reduced storage needs and environmental benefits over print materials.
This document discusses issues related to using eBooks in school libraries. It outlines pros and cons such as eBooks saving space but not being owned due to licensing. Vendors that provide eBook content and platforms are described along with questions to consider for collection development. An example implementation by St. Stephen's and St. Agnes Middle School is provided, which used NOOK devices and OverDrive for popular fiction and nonfiction titles.
This document summarizes Stephen Abram's presentation on the value of libraries. Some key points that are changing include books, media, mobility, collections, and libraries. Everything connected to our world is changing rapidly. Libraries are no longer just physical spaces but are also virtual. Patrons have also changed and include a variety of different groups. The future will see more emphasis on virtual library services and resources as technology continues to advance.
The document discusses the library's efforts to introduce e-book readers and QR codes to students from 2009-2011. It provided loan services for e-readers like Sony e-readers and received mixed feedback from students. The library also implemented a QR code project to provide information about resources through smartphones. The library transitioned its subject guides to LibGuides to better share information online and received positive feedback from students and faculty. It also began using social media like Foursquare and RSS feeds to engage and communicate with users. The document outlines some of the library's considerations for using social media and teaching its use to others.
This document summarizes a pilot project at Leeds University Business School to investigate student use of tablet devices like iPads in higher education programs. Key findings included that iPads increased student engagement both in and outside of class, though support and training were needed. iOS devices were preferred over Android. Moving forward, the school aims to better integrate tablets into the curriculum by identifying learning activities suited to them and providing app training and digital course materials while upgrading wireless infrastructure.
This presentation was provided by Tino Fleischer of Atypon Systems, Inc., Anne Orens, an Independent Consultant, and Sue Polanka of Wright University during the NISO event, "E-Books: A Rapidly Evolving Marketplace," held on August 12, 2009.
Electronic publishing is similar to traditional publishing but delivers works to readers online rather than in print. An e-book can be delivered via websites or email. E-books have different formatting requirements than word documents in order to be readable on various devices with different screen sizes. Common e-book formats include ePub, Mobi, and HTML. Publishing an e-book involves editing, design, distribution, and addressing legal issues. Pressbooks is a free online tool that allows creating e-books from scratch using WordPress.
This document discusses the debate around print books versus e-books. It provides several arguments for why print books are still preferred over e-books for reading. Some of the key advantages of print books mentioned include better readability, fewer distractions, easier navigation, and improved comprehension and retention of information. However, the document also acknowledges that e-books have increased accessibility but notes many titles are still not available digitally and students often still prefer print.
This document summarizes the process an academic library went through to implement and improve their discovery layer, Primo. They initially took a conservative approach that tried to integrate the old system too much. User studies later revealed the interface had too many options and confusing terminology. The library simplified the interface based on this feedback, focusing on a single search box and improving login visibility. They also improved journal article searching and made other refinements to provide a simpler search experience for users.
The document discusses library services and resources available at Cowles Library, including access to journals, ebooks, reference support, and digital projects. It also covers information literacy, which involves critical thinking skills for technology and information resources. The library aims to collaborate more with faculty and embrace trends like web 2.0, library 2.0, and open access initiatives to enhance information literacy at the university.
Digital Text:
Introduction:
When we think about the text, we have some ideas in our minds
that text is any piece of writing in printed form. The text may be in
the form of papers, slogans and in canvass form.
But when we think about digital text, we say that firstly it is a
technology based written material. It is in coded form. It is a piece
of writing written in coded form found in computer, laptop, mobile
devices and other technological devices.
Definition of Digital Text:
Electronic versions of a written text or words or images that make up
that text is called digital text.(IGI- Global Dictionary).Continue:
Digital Text is delivered on a computer or another electronic devices
to meet the students and teachers’ need .
Now the world has become a global village . It is because of
technology. With the help of technology, we can be in touch with
one another and get communicated using ICT –Information and
communication Technology. Technology has provided us not only a
platform of business communication, but also pedagogical learning
and teaching platform for teachers and students respectively.
Technology has provided us innovation in every field of life. it is in
medical field, pedagogical, etc.
Thus the technology has revolutionized the world. Features of Digital Text:
Text features are parts of text that draw your attention to important
information. Text features in a book may include titles or headings,
subtitles, bold print, bullets, quotations, pictures, maps or diagrams,
captions, and sidebars.
You may see these types of text features in digital text, but you will
also see digital text features.
Digital text features include, hyperlinks, audio, video, interactive
images (photo galleries, maps, diagrams, simulations), pop ups,
interactive questions, and comment/note options.
Continued:
• Hyperlink:
A hyperlink points the reader to additional information in the form of a website or file.
Hyperlinks are usually indicated with a different color or underline.
• Sidebar:
Additional information found on the side or bottom of an article or webpage.
• Pop up:
A pop up is a window that gives the reader more information. In this example, the
pop up defines a word in the text.
This document provides a history of the Follett Corporation from its founding in 1873 as a used bookstore to its current operations. It discusses Follett's expansion into textbook and library services over decades. The document evaluates the strengths of Follett's Destiny Library Manager product, including comprehensive searching, mobile access, and extensive technical support. Both librarians and students provide positive feedback on Destiny. The document also notes some potential weaknesses like formatting issues and over-reliance on network connectivity. It ultimately recommends Destiny as a one-stop shop for library management.
Follet Destiny - Automation System Evaluationirelandfam
The document provides an evaluation of the Follett Destiny library automation system. It begins with a brief history of Follett and an overview of Destiny's features, which include user and administrative tools as well as digital content and safety features. Potential areas of concern from user reports are noted, such as issues with printing or adding ebooks. The document recommends Destiny based on its widespread use, up-to-date technology, and ability to meet all of a library's automation needs while advancing into additional educational software.
This document discusses student-generated digital textbooks. It provides reasons why students use digital textbooks, including lower costs, portability, interactivity, and frequent updates. It also outlines the process for creating a digital textbook, which includes aggregating sources of information, curating the most relevant sources, and designing how the curated resources will be presented for a class. The transition to digital textbooks has benefits but also challenges regarding access, literacy, teaching methods, and issues of value, quality, privacy and intellectual property.
This document discusses the future of libraries and learning in a digital world. It notes that books, media, mobility, collections, and the role of libraries are all changing dramatically due to technological advances. It argues that libraries must adapt to remain relevant by focusing on virtual services, ebooks, blended learning, knowledge portals, and building communities rather than just physical collections. The future of libraries depends on understanding users, measuring impact, and emphasizing strategic partnerships, analytics, and social connections rather than just buildings and resources.
This document discusses the changing role of libraries in a digital world. It notes that everything connected to our world is changing, including books, media, mobility, collections and libraries themselves. It highlights that people are also changing, with shifts in demographics, education, technology use and more. The document argues that libraries must adapt strategically to stay relevant by focusing on discovery, ideas, learning, and serving all users through both physical and virtual services.
This document provides strategies for reading digital text. It outlines various strategies that can be used before, during, and after reading, including finding appropriate texts, setting the stage with images, removing distractions, using anticipation guides, scaffolding with graphic organizers, annotating, summarizing, and discussions. The strategies are meant to help students engage more effectively with digital texts.
The Current State of E-Books in Academic Libraries: A North American PerspectiveMichael Levine-Clark
Levine-Clark, Michael, “The Current State of E-Books in Academic Libraries: A North American Perspective,” Invited. Emerging Trends in Digital Publishing and the Digital Library, National Taiwan University Library, Taipei, January 8, 2013.
學術圖書館之電子書現況
The Current State of eBooks in Academic Libraries
Professor Michael Levine-Clark, 美國丹佛大學圖書館學術交流與典藏服務部門主任
http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/events/2013_CALAB/
Digital textbooks offer benefits over traditional printed textbooks such as being more engaging for students through the use of multimedia, being more easily updatable, and reducing costs. However, some challenges remain such as the need for sufficient technology infrastructure in schools and students' homes, as well as teachers needing training to effectively utilize the digital format. While digital textbooks are becoming more prevalent, the transition comes with adjustments as schools, teachers, and students adopt new methods of teaching and learning.
Discussion of the information-seeking behaviors of digital natives vs. digital immigrants emphasizing the digital natives preference for digital resources. Includes a discussion of libguides for faculty and student research guidance.
This document summarizes the implementation of a 1-to-1 iPad program at a Jesuit high school in San Francisco with 1,455 students. It describes the professional development for teachers which includes Apple training sessions, lunch workshops, and an iPad social. It outlines the student training process of distribution workshops and a freshman technology workshop. It also discusses the apps used by students, how iPads have been used for learning activities, issues around loss and breakage, the IT infrastructure changes needed, and considerations around leasing vs buying iPads and insurance options.
This presentation discusses e-books and virtual libraries. It defines e-books as book publications made available in digital form that can be read on computers or electronic devices. E-books have grown in popularity as they allow users to instantly purchase, download and access a large number of titles. The presentation also defines a virtual library as a collection of digitized resources that can be accessed online through a single interface, providing users with library services virtually without physical walls. It notes the benefits of e-books and virtual libraries include increased access, reduced storage needs and environmental benefits over print materials.
This document discusses issues related to using eBooks in school libraries. It outlines pros and cons such as eBooks saving space but not being owned due to licensing. Vendors that provide eBook content and platforms are described along with questions to consider for collection development. An example implementation by St. Stephen's and St. Agnes Middle School is provided, which used NOOK devices and OverDrive for popular fiction and nonfiction titles.
This document summarizes Stephen Abram's presentation on the value of libraries. Some key points that are changing include books, media, mobility, collections, and libraries. Everything connected to our world is changing rapidly. Libraries are no longer just physical spaces but are also virtual. Patrons have also changed and include a variety of different groups. The future will see more emphasis on virtual library services and resources as technology continues to advance.
The document discusses the library's efforts to introduce e-book readers and QR codes to students from 2009-2011. It provided loan services for e-readers like Sony e-readers and received mixed feedback from students. The library also implemented a QR code project to provide information about resources through smartphones. The library transitioned its subject guides to LibGuides to better share information online and received positive feedback from students and faculty. It also began using social media like Foursquare and RSS feeds to engage and communicate with users. The document outlines some of the library's considerations for using social media and teaching its use to others.
This document summarizes a pilot project at Leeds University Business School to investigate student use of tablet devices like iPads in higher education programs. Key findings included that iPads increased student engagement both in and outside of class, though support and training were needed. iOS devices were preferred over Android. Moving forward, the school aims to better integrate tablets into the curriculum by identifying learning activities suited to them and providing app training and digital course materials while upgrading wireless infrastructure.
This presentation was provided by Tino Fleischer of Atypon Systems, Inc., Anne Orens, an Independent Consultant, and Sue Polanka of Wright University during the NISO event, "E-Books: A Rapidly Evolving Marketplace," held on August 12, 2009.
Electronic publishing is similar to traditional publishing but delivers works to readers online rather than in print. An e-book can be delivered via websites or email. E-books have different formatting requirements than word documents in order to be readable on various devices with different screen sizes. Common e-book formats include ePub, Mobi, and HTML. Publishing an e-book involves editing, design, distribution, and addressing legal issues. Pressbooks is a free online tool that allows creating e-books from scratch using WordPress.
This document discusses the debate around print books versus e-books. It provides several arguments for why print books are still preferred over e-books for reading. Some of the key advantages of print books mentioned include better readability, fewer distractions, easier navigation, and improved comprehension and retention of information. However, the document also acknowledges that e-books have increased accessibility but notes many titles are still not available digitally and students often still prefer print.
This document summarizes the process an academic library went through to implement and improve their discovery layer, Primo. They initially took a conservative approach that tried to integrate the old system too much. User studies later revealed the interface had too many options and confusing terminology. The library simplified the interface based on this feedback, focusing on a single search box and improving login visibility. They also improved journal article searching and made other refinements to provide a simpler search experience for users.
The document discusses library services and resources available at Cowles Library, including access to journals, ebooks, reference support, and digital projects. It also covers information literacy, which involves critical thinking skills for technology and information resources. The library aims to collaborate more with faculty and embrace trends like web 2.0, library 2.0, and open access initiatives to enhance information literacy at the university.
This document summarizes a presentation about implementing a resource list management system (RLMS) at Nottingham Trent University. The presentation discusses how the university transitioned from managing reading lists to managing multi-format resource lists through the Talis Aspire RLMS. It describes the challenges this posed for libraries and how key decisions were made during implementation regarding list creation, existing data migration, and training support. Metrics on adoption rates before and after implementation are provided. The workflow for populating, reviewing, acquiring, and making available resources on lists is examined along with ongoing challenges for libraries.
The document warns about the dangers of mixing medications, specifically that medications should not be mixed with alcohol or other substances without consulting a doctor first. It discusses how the American Medical Association recently published a new alert on this issue and how the pamphlet is being distributed in pharmacy chains in the US and Canada to educate people on this important safety information.
The application of linked data concepts and technologies promises great benefits for the retrieval and access of library and cultural heritage resources, but requires new ways of thinking by professionals and end-users. This presentation will use linked data examples from RDA: resource description and access, and will discuss:
- A basic introduction to data structures: triples, chains, and clusters
- What is a linked data record?
- Global, multilingual linked data
- Linking data from multiple sources
- The Semantic Web: a paradigm shift?
The British Library was one of the first national libraries to create and offer linked data in 2011 as part of its wider open data strategy. Since that point the organisation has gained considerable experience of the issues involved in the development and maintenance of a sustained linked data service.
This presentation describes
- Why libraries are interested in offering linked data?
- What are some of the basic concepts involved in linked data?
- How can linked data be created from library MARC data?
Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are an increasingly important tool and technology that enable new services for research. They are attached to outputs, grant funding, people and more. They provide a way to connect data, improve accuracy, and help the flow of information. Researchers can benefit from time savings, and more accurate attribution (think better citation data…) and institutions can gain efficiency savings and a better understanding of their research portfolio.
This webinar will provide an overview of the current PID landscape and will offer guidance on how PIDs for people (ORCID iDs) can be integrated in your systems, helping your researchers to take advantage of new and emerging services.
It is not new to say that the scholarly communication system is sick. One way to put it is that the publishers have built a paywall around the papers written by our faculty and make us librarians pay for it.
For years, Open Access via the green and gold route have been touted as a joint solution. To this end, as academic librarians, we focused on building institutional repositories and getting open access mandates. However, recently, many prominent members of the open access community have begun to express doubts about the viability of institutional repositories as a solution given the lack of success.
Some, like Stevan Harnad self-dubbed “Open Access Archivangelist” for Green Open access, claim to have given up, while others, like Eric Van de Velde, suggest that we rethink other ways to accomplish Green Open access beyond just institutional repositories. In this webinar, we will summarise all the arguments and attempt to give a librarian’s point of view about the future of IRs.
This document discusses the history and future of ebooks and self-publishing. It outlines the development of ebook readers like the Kindle and Nook. It also discusses the rise of apps and app stores, noting that 90% of app downloads in 2010 came from the Apple App Store. The lines between books, ebooks, and apps are blurring as services now allow self-publishing of ebook-like works as apps or vice versa.
This document discusses the past, present, and future of e-books in academic libraries. It begins with an overview of the O.P. Jindal Global University library and its collections. It then outlines the evolution of e-books, from early digitization projects in the 1970s to the growing commercialization and adoption of e-books and e-readers in the 2000s. Key issues and trends are discussed, such as flexible business models, new features, and user acceptance of e-books. The document concludes by examining frameworks for managing e-book collections and provides examples of major e-book aggregator services.
This document outlines trends in library services for kids and teens including eBooks, iPad story times, virtual author visits with Skype, online summer reading programs, YouTube parties, computer training for kids and teens, tech tutors, and using QR codes for scavenger hunts. Resources for each topic are provided and all websites from the session are available at www.delicious.com/technologyandkids.
E-publishing involves the digital creation and distribution of electronic content like books, images, text, music and videos. It has several advantages over print publishing like lower production costs, smaller inventory investments, and easier updating. India has over 20,000 publishing entities producing content in various languages, and e-publishing is growing rapidly in the country. Skills needed for careers in e-publishing include backgrounds in sciences, languages, editing, programming, and continuous learning. The future of publishing is increasingly driven by technology and new business models.
Tablet computers for dissemination of digital scholarly editionsAodhán Kelly
Presentation given as part of a workshop on tablet opportunities for the publication of digital scholarly editions at DiXiT Camp 3 in Boras University, Sweden, February 2015
This document discusses the history and current state of e-books and e-readers. It outlines the development of e-readers from 1998 to present day and traces the origins of e-books back to 1971. The document also examines questions around what type of e-reader may be best suited to different users' needs and preferences. It provides an overview of the e-book collections and services available through the library. Finally, it considers future directions for librarians, consumers, and educators regarding e-books and reading technologies.
Seminar presentation from the CDE’s Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning conference, held at Senate House London on 19 October 2012. Conducted by Patricia McKellar (UOL Undergraduate Laws Programme) and Steven Warburton (Uni of Surrey).
This document discusses the potential benefits and issues of multi-platform publishing of course materials. It suggests that electronic books (e-books) offer opportunities for increased interactivity, engagement through comments and revision notes, accessibility across different formats and devices, lower production costs, and greater convenience. However, e-books also need to be made accessible on the devices students prefer, such as mobile phones and tablets, and issues around copyright and licensing would need to be addressed if content is distributed outside of an institution. Wikibooks are proposed as one way to easily create customized, copyright-cleared e-books by combining relevant Wikipedia articles.
Mobile access to digital collections is a developing area. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, as each organization should consider their unique user population and analytics. While mobile capabilities are expanding rapidly, development requires balancing added value, costs, and sustainability over time. Lessons from early adopters include focusing on usability and access above specific technologies or frameworks.
The document discusses open business models and trends disrupting traditional content industries like music, video, books, and textbooks. It describes how physical distribution of digitizable content is under threat. Initiatives for open textbooks and learning materials from projects like CK-12, Curriki, and Bloomsbury Academic are summarized. The Flatworld Knowledge business model for open textbooks that generates revenue from optional access to print/digital copies and study aids is presented as a case study. The document concludes new business models must absorb disruptive trends but are still untested, and experimenting with open content aggregation could benefit existing models.
The document discusses the future of EPUB 3, including a focus on best practices documentation, standards evolution, and tools in 2013-2014. It outlines several new capabilities for EPUB like fixed layout, adaptive layout, dictionaries, indexes, and annotations. Collaboration with other organizations is emphasized to advance web standards and promote EPUB adoption in education.
The document discusses the future of EPUB, including a focus on best practices documentation, standards evolution, and tools in 2013-2014. It outlines several areas the standard is exploring, such as fixed layout, adaptive layout, dictionaries, indexes, and annotations. Collaboration with other organizations is emphasized to advance web standards and promote EPUB adoption.
Rapid progress in information technology and electronic communications in the last few decades have profound impact on the way we gather, store, disseminate and consume information. Methodologies and tools for converting information to knowledge have also been very successful. All these have put a lot of pressure on traditional content storehouses like libraries to harness the new technologies for the benefits of their users.
Since Universities around the world own most of these libraries, they have been trying to embrace these newer technologies and have devised suitable methods that are beneficial to their users. They have created a new category of content called e-resources out of all forms of electronic documents and media. In the last few years, investments in these e-resources have increased many folds. Groups of universities have come together to collaboratively address the situation. In many cases, including India, Governments have also funded much of these efforts.
There are parallel efforts of creating additional knowledge resources by individuals for the consumption of individuals. In fact, the volume of effort in this area has been so large that lot of younger people are beginning to break away from traditional library and university system and greatly depend on these open sources. Proliferation of sources like Google, YouTube, Edx, Moocs and ResearchGate have been nothing short of explosive and has perhaps created the largest knowledge democracy.
In this talk, we look at the much of these developments, their implications and discuss a few use cases.
We have also suggested an architecture based on contemporary IT scenarios that will help to plan and setup an e-Resources infrastructure in a University that may be making efforts to either start it or upgrade their existing setup.
The talk concludes by suggesting a few areas of cooperation between the Universities and creating a scale that can dominate in the area of spreading validated information and create a widely spread knowledge-based society.
Digital Devices Mean New Strategies for Content DeliveryRob Reynolds
This document discusses the shift from print to digital content in education. It outlines how digital devices and content have changed consumer expectations and publishing models. It emphasizes that going digital requires comprehensive strategies that address pricing, production, delivery, and pedagogy. Institutions need to consider their goals and develop plans for digital content, devices, and professional development. The MBS Direct Digital platform aims to provide flexible learning content across multiple channels with user reporting tools.
ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference - Dr Jill Abell - Print books are bouncing back with the new bookshop experiences whilst school libraries are using a host of diverse e-commerce models, e-platforms and devices in their efforts to offer digital texts to support new curriculum. The common goal is to adopt e-books to encourage reading, or create e-texts as a replacement for costly and heavy printed texts, to secure backlisted fiction, and to maintain curriculum-focussed non-fiction and multiple copies with manageable digital rights and licensing for class use. In this workshop, participants will examine the “wicked problems” and change focus to find solutions.
ISSOTL 2013: A Book By Any Other Name Would Read As Well? How E-Books Transfo...Stefanie Panke
This document summarizes the activities of an e-books group at a North Carolina research institution. It discusses the group's mission to explore strategies for digital publishing. The group represents different departments and aims to facilitate collaboration around e-book development. The document outlines the institution's various e-book projects, which include textbooks, manuals, and interactive materials published through different platforms. It also reviews trends in the e-book industry and considerations for effective e-book design, production, and distribution.
An exploration of the connections between physical and digital collections, and how social media can further enhance teaching and learning. Presented at the State Library of Victoria's SLVLearn 2012 conference, October 10, 2012.
This document provides an overview of ebooks and e-readers. It discusses the definition of ebooks, their history and major milestones. Some key points covered include:
- Ebooks first emerged in the early 1990s as digital versions of print books that could be read on computers. Major companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble entered the market in the late 1990s and 2000s.
- Important milestones included the launch of early e-readers in the 1999-2012 period as well as the growth of digital publishing in the late 1990s and 2000s.
- Ebooks offer various advantages like portability, storage, accessibility and lower production costs compared to print. However, challenges include a lack of
Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow (...Mark A. Smith
Mark A. Smith, Harry Pence, Joan Getman - Presentation: Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow - Academic Librarians 2010 Conference. Ithaca, NY June 7-8, 2010
This document discusses ebooks and issues related to their use in schools. It provides an overview of the positives of ebooks such as 24/7 access and free audio features. However, it also outlines several issues with the ebook market including a lack of ease of use, high prices, and different pricing models between schools and publishers. It then examines various models for purchasing ebooks, from individual title purchases to annual subscriptions and databases. It also explores trends in the industry around publisher terms and emerging formats. Overall, the document aims to inform readers about ebook options and ongoing discussions around integrating them into school libraries and classrooms.
This session will demystify (generative) AI by exploring its workings as an advanced statistical modelling tool (suitable for any level of technical knowledge). Not only will this session explain the technological underpinnings of AI, it will also address concerns and (long-term) requirements around ethical and practical usage of AI. This includes data preparation and cleaning, data ownership, and the value of data-generated - but not owned - by libraries. It will also discuss the potentials for (hypothetical) use cases of AI in collections environments and making collections data AI-ready; providing examples of AI capabilities and applications beyond chatbots.
CATH DISHMAN, CENYU SHEN,
KATHERINE STEPHAN
Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?
Christina Dinh Nguyen, University of Toronto Mississauga Library
In the world of digital literacies, liaison and instructional librarians are increasingly coming to terms with a new term: algorithmic literacy. No matter the liaison or instruction subjects – computer science, sociology, language and literature, chemistry, physics, economics, or other – students are grappling with assignments that demand a critical understanding, or even use, of algorithms. Over the course of this session, we’ll discuss the term ‘algorithmic literacies,’ explore how it fits into other digital literacies, and see why it as a curriculum might belong at your library. We’ll also look at some examples of practical pedagogical methods you can implement right away, depending on what types of AL lessons you want to teach, and who your patrons are. Lastly, we’ll discuss how librarians should view themselves as co-learners when working with AL skills. This session seeks to bring together participants from across the different libraries, with diverse missions/vision/mandates, to explore ways we can all benefit from teaching AL. If time permits, we may discuss how text and data librarians (functional specialists) can support the development of this curriculum.
David Pride, The Open University
In this paper, we present CORE-GPT, a novel question- answering platform that combines GPT-based language models and more than 32 million full-text open access scientific articles from CORE. We first demonstrate that GPT3.5 and GPT4 cannot be relied upon to provide references or citations for generated text. We then introduce CORE-GPT which delivers evidence-based answers to questions, along with citations and links to the cited papers, greatly increasing the trustworthiness of the answers and reducing the risk of hallucinations.
Cath Dishman, Cenyu Shen, Katherine Stephan
Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?
This plenary panel will discuss the problems of “predatory” publishing and what, if anything, publishers, our community and researchers can do to try and help minimise their abundancy/impact.
eth Montague-Hellen, Francis Crick Institute, Katie Fraser, University of Nottingham
Open Access is a foundational topic in Scholarly Communications. However, when information professionals and publishers talk about its future, it is nearly always Gold open access we discuss. Green was seen as the big solution for providing access to those who couldn’t afford it. However, publishers have protested that Green destroys their business models. How true is this, and are we even all talking the same language when we talk about Green?
Chris Banks, Imperial College London, Caren Milloy, Jisc,
Transitional agreements were developed in response to funder policy and institutional demand to constrain costs and facilitate funder compliance. They have since become the dominant model by which UK research outputs are made open access. In January 2023, Jisc instigated a critical review of TAs and the OA landscape to provide an evidence base to inform a conversation on the desired future state of research dissemination. This session will discuss the key findings of the review and its impact on a sector-wide consultation and concrete actions in the UK and beyond.
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver, Jason Price, SCELC Library Consortium
As transformative agreements emerge as a new standard, it is critical for libraries, consortia, publishers, and vendors to have consistent and comprehensive data – yet data around publication profiles, authorship, and readership has been shown to be highly variable in availability and accuracy. Building on prior research around frameworks for assessing the combined value of open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide, we will address multi-dimensional perspectives to the challenges that the industry faces with the dissemination, collection, and analysis of data about authorship, readership, and value.
Hylke Koers, STM Solutions
Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) launched in 2020 with the objective of streamlining discovery and access of scholarly content in the many tools that researchers use today, such as Dimensions, Semantic Scholar, Mendeley, and many others. It works equally well for open access content as it does for subscription-based content, providing researchers with recognizable buttons and indicators to get them to the most up-to-date version of content with minimal effort. Currently, around 30,000 OA articles are accessed every day via GetFTR links.
Gareth Cole, Loughborough University, Adrian Clark, Figshare
Researchers face more pressure to share their research data than ever before. Owing to a rise in funder policies and momentum towards more openness across the research landscape. Although policies for data sharing are in place, engagement work is undertaken by librarians in order to ensure repository uptake and compliance.
We will discuss a particular strategy implemented at Loughborough University that involved the application of conceptual messaging frameworks to engagement activities in order to promote and encourage use of our Figshare-powered repository. We will showcase the rationale behind the adoption of messaging frameworks for library outreach and some practical examples.
Mark Lester, Cardiff Metropolitan University
This talk will outline how a completely accidental occurrence led to brand new avenues for open research advocacy and reasons for being. This advocacy has occurred within student communities such as trainee teachers, student psychologists and (especially) those soon losing access to subscription-based library content. Alongside these new forms of advocacy, these ethical example of AI use cases has begun to form a cornerstone of directly connecting the work of the library to new technology.
Simon Bell, Bristol University Press
The UN SDG Publishers Compact, launched in 2020, was set up to inspire action among publishers to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, asking signatories to develop sustainable practices, act as champions and publish books and journals that will “inform, develop and inspire action in that direction”.
This Lightning Talk will discuss how our new Bristol University Press Digital has been developed as part of our mission to contribute a meaningful and impactful response to this call to action as well as the global social challenges we face.
Using thematic tagging to create uniquely curated themed eBook collections around the Global Social Challenges, Bristol University Press Digital responds directly to the need to provide the scholarly community access to a comprehensive range SDG focussed content while minimising time and resource at the institution end in collating content and maintaining collection relevance to rapidly evolving themes
Jenni Adams, University of Sheffield, Ric Campbell, University of Sheffield
Academic researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to make data and software FAIR in order to support the sharing and reuse of non-publication outputs. Currently there is still a lack of concise and practical guidance on how to achieve this in the context of specific data types and disciplines.
This presentation details recent and ongoing work at the University of Sheffield to bridge this gap. It will explore the development of a FAIR resource with specialist guidance for a range of data types and will examine the planned development of this project during the period 2023-25
TASHA MELLINS-COHEN
COUNTER & Mellins-Cohen Consulting, JOANNA BALL
DOAJ, YVONNE CAMPFENS
OA Switchboard,
ADAM DER, Max Planck Digital Library
Community-led organizations like DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), COUNTER (the standard for usage metrics) and OA Switchboard (information exchange for OA publications) are committed to providing reliable, not-for-profit services and standards essential for a well-functioning global research ecosystem. These organizations operate behind the scenes, with low budgets and limited staffing – no salespeople, marketing teams, travel budgets, or in-house technology support. They collaborate with one another and with bigger infrastructure bodies like Crossref and ORCID, creating the foundations on which much scholarly infrastructure relies.
These organizations deliver value through open infrastructure, data and standards, and naturally services and tools have been built by commercial and not-for-profit groups that capitalize on their open, interoperable data and services – many of which you are likely to recognize and may use on a regular basis.
Hear from the Directors of COUNTER, DOAJ and OA Switchboard, as well as a library leader, on the role of these organizations, the challenges they face and why support from the community is essential to their sustainability.
CAMILLE LEMIEUX
Springer Nature
What is the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the scholarly publishing community? It's time to take a thorough look at the 2023 global Workplace Equity (WE) Survey results. The C4DISC coalition conducted the WE Survey to capture perceptions, experiences, and demographics of colleagues working at publishers, associations, libraries, and many more types of organizations in the global community. Four key themes emerged from the 2023 results, which will be compared to the findings from the first WE Survey conducted in 2018. Recommendations for actions organisations can consider within their contexts will be proposed and discussed.
Rob Johnson, Research Consulting
Angela Cochran, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Gaynor Redvers-Mutton, Biochemical Society
Since 2015, the number of self-published learned societies in the UK has decreased by over a third, with the remaining societies experiencing real-term revenue declines. All around the world, society publishers are struggling with increased competition from commercial publishers and the rise of open access business models that reward quantity over quality. We will delve into the distinctive position of societies in research, examine the challenges confronting UK and US learned society publishers, and explore actionable steps for libraries and policymakers to support the continued relevance of learned society publishers in the evolving scholarly landscape.
Simon Bell, Clare Hooper, Katharine Horton, Ian Morgan
Over the last few years we have witnessed a seismic shift in the scholarly ecosystem. Three years since outset of the COVID pandemic and the establishment UN Publishers Compact, this is discussion-led presentation will look at how four UK Universities Presses have adopted a consultative and collaborative approach on projects to support their institutional missions, engage with the wider scholarly community while building on a commitment to make a meaningful difference to society.
This panel discussion will combine the perspectives of four UK based university presses, all with distinct identities and varied publishing programs drawn from humanities, arts and social sciences, yet with a shared recognition and value of the importance to collaborate and co-operate on a shared vision to support accessibility and inclusivity within the wider scholarly community and maintain a rich bibliodiversity.
While research support teams are generally small and specialist in nature, an increased demand of its service has been observed across the sector. This is particularly true for teaching-intensive institutions. As a pilot to expand research support across ARU library, the library graduate trainee was seconded to the research services team for a month. This dialogue between the former trainee and manager will discuss what the experience and outcomes of the secondment were from different perspectives. The conversation will also explore the exposure Library and Information Studies students have to research services throughout their degree.
TIM FELLOWS & EMILY WILD, Jisc
Octopus.ac is a UKRI funded research publishing model, designed to promote best practice. Intended to sit alongside journals, Octopus provides a space for researcher collaboration, recording work in detail, and receiving feedback from others, allowing journals to focus on narrative.
The platform removes existing barriers to publishing. It’s an entirely free, open space for researchers, without editorial and pre-publication peer review processes. The only requirement for authors is a valid ORCiD ID. Without barriers, Octopus must provide feedback mechanisms to ensure the community can self-moderate. During this session, we’ll explore Octopus’ aims to foster a collaborative environment and incentivise quality.
David Parker, Publisher and Founder, Lived Places Publishing
Dr. Kadian Pow, Lecturer in Sociology and Black Studies & LPP Author, Birmingham City University
Natasha Edmonds, Director, Publisher and Industry Strategy, Clarivate
Library patrons want to search for and locate authors by particular identity markers, such as gender identification, country of origin, sexual orientation, nature of disability, and the many intersectional points that allow an author to express a point-of-view. Artificial Intelligence, skilled web researchers, and data scientists in general struggle to achieve accuracy on single identity markers, such as gender. And what right does anybody have to affix identity metadata to an author other than the author theirselves? And what of the risks in disseminating author identity metadata in electronic distribution platforms and in library catalog systems? Can a "fully informed" author even imagine all the possible misuses of their identity metadata?
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5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Salesforce Integration for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions A...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on integration of Salesforce with Bonterra Impact Management.
Interested in deploying an integration with Salesforce for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
Boost your website's visibility with proven SEO techniques! Our latest blog dives into essential strategies to enhance your online presence, increase traffic, and rank higher on search engines. From keyword optimization to quality content creation, learn how to make your site stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Discover actionable tips and expert insights to elevate your SEO game.
Ocean lotus Threat actors project by John Sitima 2024 (1).pptxSitimaJohn
Ocean Lotus cyber threat actors represent a sophisticated, persistent, and politically motivated group that poses a significant risk to organizations and individuals in the Southeast Asian region. Their continuous evolution and adaptability underscore the need for robust cybersecurity measures and international cooperation to identify and mitigate the threats posed by such advanced persistent threat groups.
OpenID AuthZEN Interop Read Out - AuthorizationDavid Brossard
During Identiverse 2024 and EIC 2024, members of the OpenID AuthZEN WG got together and demoed their authorization endpoints conforming to the AuthZEN API
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
5. Ebooks Are Here
• eTextbook market
– Worth $1.5bn in 20081
– Expected to grow to $4.1bn by 20131
• eBook market:
– Worth $9.5bn in 2010
• eBooks will outsell printed books this year at
major retailers
The Future of the Textbook Marketplace, Outsell May 2010
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6. The market – from “p” to “e”
• Estimated 19.5 million eReaders sold in 20101
• 18 million tablets sold in 2010;
– 15 million were iPads2
• 2013, market expected to look like:
– 150 million eReaders sold
– 100 million tablets3
• Tablet/eReader eBook sales to reach $9.7bn by
20164
Source: 1New York Times, October 2011; 2Los Angeles Times, November 2010; 3intomobile, November 2010, 4intomobile, October 2011
7. The market – from “p” to “e”
• But printed textbook sales still growing
• Students still prefer printed textbooks
– Look, feel, permanence and ability to resell key
factors
• Subject area affects need for permanent
reference copies
• Cost
– Second hand books still cheaper?
– Book rental options?
8. The market – from “p” to “e”
• Faculty want quality, selecting texts based
on content relevant for course rather than
format
• Lack of adopted titles in e-form
• Culture of HE?
• BUT eTextbook market is set to implode
9. The market – “p” to “e”
• Partnerships:
– Institutions migrating to materials-inclusive pricing
– LMS / publisher agreements
• Non-publisher created textbooks/materials:
– Institutions are “doing it for themselves”
– Open Source content and resources
• eTextbook usage and demand studies
conducted by HE-funded bodies
10. The market – “p” to “e”
• Key findings of the JISC usage study:
– 65% of users use ebooks to support work / study
– 50%+ respondents stated that the library was the
source for the last ebook they used
– Use of eTextbooks seasonal, linked to teaching /
assessment calendar
– 1/3 of all eBook pages viewed off campus at all times
of the day
– Flexibility and convenience of eBooks valued
– Use hindered by platform limitations, e.g. printing,
downloading and slow access speeds
12. Operating systems…
• Android • OMFGB
• Bada • Openmoko Linux
• Baidu Yi • OPhone
• BlackBerry OS • Palm
• BlackBerry Tablet OS • SHR
• CyanogenMod • Smarterphone
• GGDFS • Symbian Foundation
• iPhone • Symbian
• iOS • Tizen
• MeeGo • TouchWiz
• Meltemi • Ubuntu Mobile
• MIUI • Windows
• Mobile operating system • WebOS
• Nokia OS
13. Basic requirements
• Accessible across all platforms and OS
• Getting back to basics – understanding how the
textbook is fundamentally used:
– Write in the book
– Turn down pages
– Highlight passages
14. Basic requirements
• Key features required for eTextbooks:
– Personalise books with notes and highlights
– Inclusion of self assessment tools
– Inclusion of lecture presentations and support
materials
– Links to real time data
– Ability to tap into an online tutor when needed
– Access to videos, audio, podcasts to bring the text
alive
• What about printing and copying?
16. Development of eTextbooks
• Ebooks mostly used for quick fact finding:
– 85% users spent less than a minute on each page
– Only 5% spent 5 minutes or more on a page
– Printed books preferred for extended reading
• Usage would suggest expectation of a lower
price point
• Study found no considerable impact on printed
textbook sales throughout the usage trial
• Is this usage worth the investment in audio,
video etc to support text content?
17. Development of eTextbooks
• Bottlenecks in libraries when printed
course texts “out on loan”
• Increased use of mobile devices among
students
• Tablets emerging as alternative access
devices to laptops
– Prices being driven down
– Ubiquitous nature of student lifestyles
18. Development of eTextbooks
• Interactive tools increase student engagement
and learning outcomes
• Usage statistics
– Online environment offers greater potential to monitor
usage and increase sales/usage
– Faculty can use tools to “see” what their students are
doing and which non-recommended texts are being
used
• Development likely to be driven by subject
• Hybrid world will exist for foreseeable
future
19. Development of eTextbooks
• What about content quality?
• eTextbooks still created by companies of
professionals; but
• Students increasingly refer to Wikipedia / Google
• eTextbooks can address this if developed in line
with user behaviours and expectations
20. Development of eTextbooks
• Faculty already create course packs using
different content types
• Textbooks can be broken up into chapters,
included alongside articles, videos, audio
• Flat World Knowledge MIYO feature
• Dynamic Books
• MindTap
21. Development of eTextbooks
• Develop eTextbooks as mini-websites
• Include rich functionality and different
content types
• Google-style access (which students like)
• Access can be controlled via password
22. Development of eTextbooks
• Social media in eTextbook development
• Would it improve learning outcomes?
– Faculty communicate with students via email,
LMS etc
– Students communicate with friends via social
networking
• ConnectYard, hub to connect social
networking channels and LMS systems
23. Development of eTextbooks
• Apple iBooks 2
– Feature materials from McGraw-Hill, Pearson and others
– Authoring software to create own eTextbooks
– Only accessible via Apple devices
– Option to create PDF versions of content for access on
other devices
• Android and others will release competing products
• Prices will decrease as market matures
• US seeing a shift to supply devices with broadband
accessibility
24. Development of eTextbooks
• Pearson Foundation Study:
– Tablet ownership trebled for college students;
quadrupled for high school seniors
– 70% students reading digital texts
– 75% students use tablets daily for learning
– Believe eTextbooks will replace print within 5
years
26. eTextbooks – the future?
• Evolutionary process
– Speed of adoption likely to depend on subject
– Ease of access and use
• Which business model will out?
– Individual student purchases?
– Materials-included based fees?
– All library budget absorbed by digital
materials?
– PDA?
eTextbooks are, some would say, the last major eBook category to open up to active experimentation and sales development worldwide. Just over a year ago we spoke to representatives from large publishers, aggregators and academic libraries to understand: how students and faculty were using eTextbooks, if at all; how easily eTextbooks could be integrated into student, faculty and institution workflows, the extent to which eTextbooks delivered core content, cost-effectively, in a manner than enhances and expands the future of higher education and whether or not eTextbooks enabled and supported the evolution of learning and teaching methods and increased student engagement This paper looks at how far the eTextbook has moved on as both technology and understanding/usage of technology has improved. It looks at the market as it moves from print to electronic, the extent to which technology has helped or hindered success, how eTextbooks should and could be developed in line with market needs and finally, what business models will help smooth the path to success.
So to begin, for decades, the textbook has largely looked like this: Then, it began to look like this…. Now, it looks a little more like this… Getting to this point has been an interesting journey.
But first, some market background. In 2008 the digital textbook market was worth approx. $1.5bn. By 2013, it is expected to be worth approx. $4.1bn. In comparison, the eBook market is worth today approx $9.5 bn – far exceeding eTextbooks. Similarly, in terms of numbers sold, Amazon announced last Spring that its ebooks outsold its printed hardbacks by 1.43 to 1. Barnes and Noble also announced that their ebooks outsold their printed books by 3 to 1. (source 1 The Future of the Textbook Marketplace, Outsell May 2010)
A key contributory factor to the rise in ebooks is, of course, the vast sales of ereaders and iPads. Since ereaders hit the market in 2007, they have revolutionised the way books are now accessed and read. In 2010 alone, more than 19 million ereaders were sold. Similarly, more than 18 million tablets were sold in 2010 of which iPad accounted for 15 million units. By 2013, market analysts expect sales figures to treble to 150 million ereader units and 100 million tablets.
Yet eTextbooks are not experiencing the same growth as eBooks; indeed sales of printed textbooks are still going strong, growing from 48% to 74% since 2008. So what’s going on? There still seems to be an inherent fondness for the printed textbook. As noted by studies conducted by JISC and BISG students prefer to use printed textbooks over their digital equivalents, citing permanence, look and feel and ability to re-sell as key influencing factors. Subject area too impacts on decisions to purchase print or eTextbooks. For example, medical or postgraduate students need permanent reference copies that they can refer to throughout their studies and for this purpose, print books are the best. But for fast-paced subjects such as engineering, access to the latest information is critical and this is where eTextbooks lend themselves perfectly. Cost also plays a key part. While eTextbooks are typically up to 60% cheaper than new printed textbooks, the second hand textbook market is strong, with discounts of up to 90% discounts available from eRetailers such as Amazon. At a time when student budgets are under increasing pressure from rising tuition fees, such an option is attractive even if the texts are not as up to date as one would like. Additionally, book rental models are proving popular (Chegg, CourseSmart’s eTextbook rentals et al) offering up to date textbooks for a fraction of the new printed price.
Similarly, there is still a lack of adopted texts available in electronic form although this is changing. Faculty are not bound by format when it comes to choosing texts for their courses; they want the best and will choose the book based on content and relevance. HE is culturally slow to adapt to change so this too may be impacting the rate with which eTextbooks are adopted and used. BUT the eTextbook market is expected to implode, so where will this boost come from?
One area where the market can boost take up of eTextbooks is in partnerships. Publishers are already beginning to partner with institutions to provide eTextbooks for courses, the price of which are included in the overall tuition fees (i.e. University of Phoenix). This trend is likely to continue as institutions look more to materials-inclusive pricing to address the rising cost of tuition fees. For publishers, there is greater pressure to reduce price at the same time as lower production costs, so such partnerships can provide win-win situations: the publisher achieves a 100% adoption rate (over the typical 30% adoption rate for printed texts) and the institution can keep budgets manageable by providing course materials at the start of the school year. LMS providers are also entering into arrangements with publishers to package content with learning tools, such as McGraw Hill and Blackboard where students and faculty can use their Blackboard Learn logins to access the full suite of content and tools available on McGraw-Hill’s Connect. While traditionally it has been the major publishers that have lead the development of textbooks and maintained the integrity of academic content, the digital age is allowing new players to enter the market and create materials from the plethora of content that is already available electronically. As an example, CK-12 Foundation submitted 7 of their created “Flexbooks” to the California Learning Resource Network for state textbook adoption in maths and science and all met the state’s academic content standards and were accepted. Also the increase in open source content that is available from groups such as Curriki, College Open Textbooks and the California Open Source Textbook Project is challenging traditional publishing models by providing freely accessible content and resources to teachers and lecturers in the US and beyond. Whilst the majority of these projects so far are concentrating on the K12 and FE/college markets, studies conducted by HE bodies in the US and internationally indicate that HE have also actively explored eTextbook usage and demand and its impacts for learning and study.
But before we look at the development of the eTextbook, its worth looking more at the findings of the JISC national e-books observatory project in particular. The study explored usage and demand of eBooks across 120 UK HE institutions during 2007-2010 representing 52,000 student and academic users. Qualitative and quantitative data on e-book user behaviours was collected to measure the impact of making e-books freely available at the point of use on both the publisher’s print sales and library circulation figures. The findings are possibly as one might expect. More than two-thirds of faculty and users are using eBooks in their day to day work or study; more than 50% respondents access these ebooks via their institution library; use of eTextbooks is linked to the teaching and assessment calendar but barriers such as inability to print from ebooks / etextbooks plus slow access speeds etc. are hindering usage.
And that’s not surprising given there are so many ….
and even more operating systems for smartphones and tablets…
So it goes without saying that eTextbooks need to be compatible with all these systems as well as with emerging systems to ensure success. Which leads us on then to how should the eTextbook be developed in line with user needs? Perhaps to answer this successfully, we need to get back to basics and understand fundamentally how a textbook is used. A student will: Write in their textbook Turn down pages Highlight passages
So its not surprising to see that findings from usage studies conducted by Cengage and Project Tomorrow found that the most required features for eTextbooks are: Ability to personalise books with notes and highlights Inclusion of videos, podcasts, audio etc. to make the content and the lecture “come alive” Inclusion of self-assessment tools Inclusion of lecture presentations and other supporting materials Links to real-time data such as Google Earth, NASA etc Ability to tap into an online tutor whenever necessary What is missing though is the ability to print and copy from eTextbooks which is at odds with the findings of the JISC study. We also found from the study that Maverick conducted towards the end of 2010 that publishers and faculty believe that the ability to print and copy from eTextbooks is an essential requirement. So rather than assuming that this is no longer the case, what this seems to tell us is that printing and copying are not viewed as features of the eTextbooks – they are an expectation of the functionality of an eTextbook. So while publishers (quite rightly) want to protect misuse of their content, not meeting these basic expectations quashes opportunities to ensure success of their digital products.
Looking at how eTextbooks could be developed, referring again to JISC’s observatory project, the usage of eBooks was found to be very much that same as for dictionaries or encyclopedias, namely for quick fact extraction and brief viewing. Users still prefer printed books for extended reading times. Such usage would indicate a lower price point making it difficult for publishers to recoup the high investment costs incurred in creating digital textbooks with the required features. And a final blow, perhaps, to eTextbooks is that during the study, there were no considerable impacts on printed textbook sales. And as we noted earlier, printed textbook sales are still expected to increase year on year. So is such an investment worth the effort?
In essence, yes! Usage studies frequently show that bottlenecks occur whenever printed course texts are unavailable from libraries (not to mention increased student anxieties!), so access to eTexts on a 24/7 basis provides a good solution. Also as mobile device use increases, so too will the expectation of today’s student to access everything they can remotely – after all, they can access music, go shopping and speak to friends wherever and whenever they want, so this expectation will spill into their academic life too. And while mobile phones are not likely to be the device of choice for content, tablets are fast emerging as suitable alternatives to laptops. And as new models become available, affordability is within greater reach as prices are driven down (e.g. Kindle Fire launched in the US November 2011 at $199).
The digital environment also presents greater opportunities to improve student performance and learning outcomes, as found by studies such as that conducted by Cengage. Additionally, it enables publishers and faculty to seize opportunities to monitor student behaviour and adapt business and learning models to reflect this. For example, publishers could monitor the length of time students spend looking at eTextbook chapters and provide a pop-up to suggest that further recommended reading if they appear to spend longer on a chapter than average. Also, faculty could monitor how their students are using course materials, if at all, and adapt materials or schedules accordingly. Development is most likely to be driven by subject area as mentioned previously but for the forseeable future at least, we should expect a hybrid world of print textbooks for relatively static subjects and eTextbooks (or supporting e-resources) for faster-paced subjects.
But as digital textbooks are created, and non-publishers enter the market and develop products, to what extent is the market concerned with potential “poor” quality content becoming available? And will the availability of many new players mean a wider proliferation of sub-quality products? Not necessarily was the response from Maverick’s own market study as the internet introduced poor quality content to the world long before the inception of eTextbooks. Determining what is quality content still remains the responsibility of faculty, librarians and publishers; faculty will only use content that is important and of good quality for their courses, so the market will naturally filter out poor content. But students “natural” referral to Google and Wikipedia when searching for information highlights the need to provide quality digital information. Students have always read “off list” and will continue to do so. But while we know that Google, Wikipedia etc do not have rigorous quality control measures, the student does not so eTextbooks can address this if developed in line with student behaviours and expectations.
And the technology already exists to develop eTextbooks in line with student and learning needs; after all faculty have been creating course packs in place of textbooks for years using a variety of different content types. Textbooks can already be broken up to become a series of objects to allow faculty to include specific chapters alongside peripheral online reading from articles, videos, audio etc. to present a package of information. For example, Flat World Knowledge’s Make it Your Own (MIYO) feature and MacMillan’s Dynamic Books supports this ability by allowing faculty to tailor course materials to their own requirements and include video, images, web links, and open education resources. Similarly Cengage Learning’s MindTap lets students and faculty store and access their digital assets regardless of device plus it includes learning and assessment tools and discussion forums to facilitate communication between tutors and students.
Alternatively, textbooks in themselves could become mini-websites with rich functionality and content that students can dive into as and when course modules dictate. Their format could adopt a Google or Wikipedia style to appeal to students and content could be protected through password access etc.
We should also touch on social media in the development of the eTextbook and whether or not it has a role. The tools mentioned so far account for a good proportion of the features that an eTextbook should include but as students lives increasingly become entangled with social media, we asked publishers and faculty in Maverick’s study to what extent they thought social media could be used in eTextbook development. We found that while companies such as social media and communications platform, ConnectYard, are developing solutions that provide a hub which social network channels and learning management systems can plug into, to date, there is no significant evidence that social media has had an impact on the use of eTextbooks. And while faculty are happy to communicate with their students online using email or Learning Management Systems etc, they are not embracing social media sites. Similarly, although students communicate via these sites with their friends or classmates, the social space is still seen as exactly that: a way of engaging socially rather than a way of engaging with tutors.
Finally, the latest player in the market - Apple iBooks – has the potential to create great waves across education. Combining books from major publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Pearson (albeit K12 content initially), Apple iBooks also includes authoring software for educators to create “mini books” of all their notes, slides, and other teaching materials to support core texts. iBooks Author is similar in approach to MacMillan’s DynamicBooks but its arrival signals that the “big guys” are getting involved in mash-ups. Of course the key is volume and Apple are most probably using this software to help drive more sales of their iPad and iPod hardware, as it did with iTunes. There has also been s ome criticism that iBooks content is only accessible via Apple devices. B ut if you look across campuses today you’ll see a high % of students with iPads, even though they are expensive – at the moment. In the US in particular, this % looks set to rise as issues around funding and internet connections are addressed over the next couple of years. In essence, schools will be able to use almost unlimited federal funding to purchase broadband accounts for tablet devices. The carriers will then subsidize the devices as they do with phones down the point where any school can afford them. So a school will be able to purchase a device with a unlimited internet connection, from any location, for next to nothing. Combine this with availability of very low cost, quality textbooks for those devices and schools will have a great solution that is affordable within their current budgets. While K12 is the focus for this at present, if successful, it will undoubtedly move to HE content.
Most recently, a new study conducted among College students and High School seniors in the US by The Pearson Foundation reveals that students believe tablets and other mobile devices will transform learning. Tablet ownership tripled among college students (25% vs. 7% in 2011) and quadrupled among high school seniors (17% vs. 4% in 2011). The survey reveals that more students are reading digital books, and that a majority of students believe that tablets will effectively replace textbooks within the next five years. Digital readership has continued to grow since last year's survey. Seventy percent of college students have read a digital text, compared to 62% in 2011, and the majority of students now prefer digital to print. Nearly all college student tablet owners believe these devices are valuable for educational purposes (90%). Three-quarters of college student tablet owners use tablets daily for school-related activities; three in five say they use their tablet for school purposes multiple times a day.
So in summary, it is likely that the future of the eTextbook will be an evolutionary process. Speed of adoption and take up will depend on a number of factors such as subject area, accessibility and the availability of core texts in digital form. Additionally, cost will have an impact and it is as yet unclear which business model will be best to support purchases of eTextbooks. Students still expect the library to provide access to all their study materials although if US trends are indicative, then this may change over time. But budget pressures will continue to be an issue for students so the solution could be for institutions to adopt materials-included pricing strategies as well as allocating print budget to digital equivalents. Perhaps Patron Driven Acquisition should also be considered. But for the time being at least, the journey of the eTextbook continues to be in for some interesting times ahead.