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Track: Cataloging & Metadata
Sat, 06/07/2008 - 12:48 — glendacEach of the links below takes you to a reporting/discussion page with links to the program description and additional resources for that topic.
Amazon: Reinventing the Book
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 01:04 — glendacSource:
Newsweek, Issue Nov 26 (2007)URL:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983Keywords:
Kindle; Amazon; Jeff Bezos; ReadingAbstract:
The Future of Reading. Amazon's Jeff Bezos already built a better bookstore. Now he believes he can improve upon one of humankind's most divine creations: the book itselfNotes:
Newsweek cover story - Nov. 26, 2007Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books
Sun, 09/16/2007 - 19:29 — glendacSource:
(2007)URL:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/technology/06amazon.htmlNotes:
New York Times article, Sept. 6, 2007Electronic Books and the Approval Plan: Can They Work Together?
Wed, 07/04/2007 - 12:19 — glendacSource:
Against the Grain, Volume 19, Issue 2 (2007)Notes:
No freely available full-text version online but see TOC of journal issue.Ebooks 2.0
Wed, 07/04/2007 - 12:06 — glendacThe Amazon Effect, Virtual Approval Plans, and the Changing Nature of Book Selection
Wed, 07/04/2007 - 11:50 — glendacSource:
Against the Grain, Volume 14, Issue 3, p.5pp (2002)URL:
http://www.ebookmap.net/pdfs/The%20Amazon%20Effect.pdfNotes:
Authors are associated with R2 Consulting. See the TOC of the issue of Against the Grain in which it was published.Tearing down the walls: Demand for ebooks in an academic library
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 21:44 — glendacSource:
Libraries Without Walls 6: Evaluating the Distributed Delivery of Library Services, Lesvos , Greece (2005)URL:
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww6/presentations/safley.pptHuman-Computer interaction evaluation of Ebrary and Overdrive online systems
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 21:40 — glendacSource:
Libraries Without Walls 6: Evaluating the Distributed Delivery of Library Services, Lesvos , Greece (2005)URL:
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww6/presentations/morris.pptA survey of e-book awareness and usage amongst students in an academic library
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 21:00 — glendacSource:
International Conference of Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies, Merida, Spain (2006)URL:
http://eprints.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/2280/01/FGibb_survey_ebook.pdfTransaction log analysis of electronic (E-Book) usage
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 20:53 — glendacSource:
Against the Grain, p.85-89 (2005)URL:
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2005/connaway-snyder-atg.pdf