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I Read Where I Am – New Book on Future of Reading

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http://www.valiz.nl/en/IReadWhereIAm

I am honored to have a short piece written with Jan Klerk in this new book  just released in The Netherlands.

I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. [...]

Sarah Glassmeyer: HCOD, EBOOK USER BILL OF RIGHTS AND MATH

Fascinating and brilliant post by Sarah Glassmeyer. Please take a look:

http://sarahglassmeyer.com/?p=690%C2%A0%C2%A0Hmmmmm…..

I also think, that given the weak negotiating position that libraries are in, it’s too confrontational.  I think a better way would be to include the Rights and Responsibilities of all participants in the information consumption chain.   I’ll be thinking about this more and [...]

Active Content Creation & Collecting – A Presentation by Mal Booth

Active Content Creation & Collecting  

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Thank you Harper Collins (for making the path forward a little clearer)

Note from Michael – I’m deep in two projects today  and tomorrow and haven’t had much time to catch up on the hubub with Harper Collins and ebooks. I can say that I agree with Justin’s take on the potential and promise of promoting content creation, access to technology and building the community [...]

YouMedia at CPL

Greenhill & Schmidt on Publishers & Content

Aaron Schmidt writes:

“Or we could save our energy and find untapped sources of content created by our local users and work together to create a single publishing platform and rights-management tool to allow easy creation and access to local content.”

That’s the excellent ending of Kathryn Greenhill’s answer to her own question:How do we [...]

Enriching Large Data Sets by Paul Hagon

Enriching large data sets

View more presentations from Paul Hagon. I am always inspired and challenged by Paul’s grasp on manipulating collections to make the accessible. Watch his work closely folks! [...]

The Future of the Book

Via Perpetual Beta:

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.

Meet Nelson, Coupland, and Alice — the faces of tomorrow’s book. Watch global design and innovation consultancy IDEO’s vision for the future of the book. What new experiences might be created by linking diverse discussions, what additional value could be created by connected [...]

LiB on Music in Libraries – “we’re doing it wrong”

http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2010/09/music-in-libraries-were-doing-it-wrong.html

I’ve been meaning to post a link to this incredible post by the Librarian in Black. I’ll be using it in my classes from now on as a perfect overview of what’s happening with downloadable music in libraries. If you haven’t read it, be sure to do so and don’t miss the comments. For [...]

“It always has content I care about.” Flipboard for iPad Personal Magazine

I downloaded the app but trying to add my accounts yields a “server busy” message. Must be a lot of folks trying to get set up. I’m intrigued by this though and look forward to plating with it. Can you imagine where this might lead? Not only can individuals have a social magazine constantly [...]