Entries for May 2009
May 29, 2009
USA Leads Engineering Publishing
The USA is a publishing machines when it comes to engineering. Sciencewatch.com released the "Top 20 Countries in Engineering" which includes publications and citations from 1998 to end of 2008. USA has three times more publications than the next country.
Categories: Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering
May 26, 2009
Project Gutenberg Texts on iPhone
Project Gutenberg, actually the e-reader that had access, was originally banned from the iPhone due to access to the Kama Sutra. It is now allowed. I am guessing there is much more "porn" on the iPhone than the text of the Kama Sutra.
See full story on WIRED.
Categories: Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Computers, Software, & the Internet Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Libraries & Librarianship Open Access
May 20, 2009
Kindle DX
You may have recalled well over a year ago I wrote a blog post about the Kindle being used for textbooks. Well the idea has now taken form at Case Western Reserve University as we are a partner in experimenting with the new Kindle DX.
Categories: Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Libraries & Librarianship Library 2.0 My Experiences Web 2.0
May 07, 2009
Case's Very Own Second Life
It has been a busy week for technology at Case Western Reserve University. Today, Case announced it would be the first educational institution to deploy the standalone version of Second Life.
It will be interesting to see over time if more adoption occurs by faculty and students knowing the environment is closed to only the Case community. I know demonstrating Second Life in presentations I always hear the negatives (porn, griefers, etc.). A closed environment removes the traditional complaints but could bring other challenges.
Categories: Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Second Life Web 2.0