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My Nook Has Arrived!!
my Nook arrived!! I have been interested in the idea of a dedicated ebook reader for some time. The first ebook I bought was to read on my old Palm. That worked great for my Dad, but I didn’t really...
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My Nook’s First Fieldtrip
As you might know, I got a Nook for Christmas last week. (I actually had to look it up to see that it was that recent… I just finished my first book on it last night!) One of the features I was really...
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The Future of Course Materials
Yesterday I attended a Symposium on the Future of Course Materials held at my University. It’s the sort of thing I’d be really interested in regardless (I have been for over a year), but I was able to...
View ArticleIDEO Gives Us a Future of the Book
As a reader and librarian I am always interested in discussions about the future of the book. If you are interested, too, you should see this video on three possible paths: I am interested in all of...
View ArticleHelp Unglue So You Want To Be A Librarian
You guys, I have some exciting news! With Unglue.it’s relaunch, So You Want To Be A Librarian will be a new campaign! Help Unglue So You Want To Be A Librarian! from lauren pressley on Vimeo. What’s...
View ArticleMcLuhan, the Medium, the Containers, and Libraries
Before diving in, a bit on where I’m coming from: One of my majors was Communication, and McLuhan was a major topic in several of my classes. Though I don’t find his writing as readable as some others,...
View ArticleCondominums in Data Space and Relationships Flourishing in the Margins
This week’s reading was Bill Viola’s Will there be condominiums in data space? As with each week’s reading, I was struck by how much Viola got right: the continual recording of information, the...
View ArticleWhither the eBooks? (RA 1/2; 2/3)
Related to my interest in finding physical books, as you might guess, is finding electronic ones. And in this area there are several things to consider: organizational practices, user understandings,...
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean to Read? (RA 1/2; 3/3)
I saw a presentation a few years ago by Ann Cahill of Elon University. It was a presentation at a teaching and learning conference, the type of thing I’ve sat in 100s of time and given enough times I...
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