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From: "Tagliaferro, Jessica" <Jessica.Tagliaferro () SUNYWCC ! EDU>
Date: 2012-03-26 16:15:17
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I was about to pass this on to members of our administration for consideration, but \
on closer examination, the eReader device is one I've never heard of. The whole \
project seems proprietary.
How about using that $20K to purchase more mainstream devices that also - via Kindle, \
Nook, or Overdrive - can deliver textbooks and be lent or rented to students for a \
span longer than this pilot?
Jessica Tagliaferro
Instructor, Electronic Resources Librarian
Harold L. Drimmer Learning Resource Center
Westchester Community College
75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
phone: 914-606-6808
e-mail: jessica.tagliaferro@sunywcc.edu<mailto:jessica.tagliaferro@sunywcc.edu>
From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of \
McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 12:00 PM
To: WEB4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Electronic Texts Pilot for Fall 2012: Prospectus and Invitation
*** Apologies for Receipt of Duplicate Postings ***
Colleagues/
WoW !
/Gerry
Internet2<http://www.internet2.edu/> and EDUCAUSE<http://www.educause.edu/> invite \
your institution to participate in a Fall 2012 electronic-textbook pilot. The pilot's \
goal is to explore new business models, terms, and conditions that will enable \
simpler, more efficient access to digital educational materials (etexts) at your \
institution. Institutions that participate in the pilot will be helping higher \
education collectively to demonstrate new etexts models. These seek to provide \
students substantial savings and to provide publishers greater efficiency and \
reasonable returns on their textbook investments. The pilot centers on delivering \
etexts to students and faculty via an institutional site license, rather than through \
individual purchases by students.
If your institution is interested in joining the pilot, you must let us know by April \
7, 2012; your expression of interest must be confirmed by a signed Memorandum of \
Intent by April 15. The pilot will include no more than 50 institutions.
The pilot involves three components: etexts from major textbook publishers (we expect \
two or three to participate in due course), a multi-platform e-reader that students \
and faculty use to access etexts (this will be provided by Courseload), and \
institutions that agree to identify faculty and course sections interested in using \
etexts.
[more]
Source and Links Available Via
[http://bit.ly/GUDi31]
Also of possible interest
Digital Textbooks: A Perfect Storm For Higher Learning
Includes links to Indiana eTextbook initiatives (among others)
[http://bit.ly/xXucIG]
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology LIbrarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011
http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was about \
to pass this on to members of our administration for consideration, but on closer \
examination, the eReader device is one I’ve never heard of. The whole project \
seems proprietary. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How about \
using that $20K to purchase more mainstream devices that also – via Kindle, \
Nook, or Overdrive – can deliver textbooks and be lent or rented to students \
for a span longer than this pilot?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span \
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jessica \
Tagliaferro</span><span \
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class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Instructor, \
Electronic Resources Librarian</span><span \
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class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harold L. \
Drimmer Learning Resource Center</span><span \
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Westchester \
Community College </span><span \
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>75 \
Grasslands Road</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Valhalla, \
NY 10595</span><span \
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>phone: \
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libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>McKiernan, Gerard \
[LIB]<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 26, 2012 12:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> \
WEB4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> [WEB4LIB] Electronic Texts Pilot for Fall \
2012: Prospectus and Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p \
class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>*** Apologies \
for Receipt of Duplicate Postings ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Colleagues/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>WoW \
!</span></strong><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>/Gerry \
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><b><span \
style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a \
href="http://www.internet2.edu/" target="_blank" \
id="internal-source-marker_0.874453516935263"><strong><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>Internet2</span></strong></a></span></b><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> and \
</span><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a \
href="http://www.educause.edu/" target="_blank"><strong><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>EDUCAUSE</span></strong></a></span></b><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> invite your \
institution to participate in a Fall 2012 electronic-textbook pilot. The \
pilot’s goal is to explore new business models, terms, and conditions that will \
enable simpler, more efficient access to digital educational materials (etexts) at \
your institution. Institutions that participate in the pilot will be helping higher \
education collectively to demonstrate new etexts models. These seek to provide \
students substantial savings and to provide publishers greater efficiency and \
reasonable returns on their textbook investments. The pilot centers on delivering \
etexts to students and faculty via an institutional site license, rather than through \
individual purchases by students.</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><b><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>If your \
institution is interested in joining the pilot, you must let us know by April 7, \
2012; your expression of interest must be confirmed by a signed Memorandum of Intent \
by April 15</span></b><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>. The pilot \
will include no more than 50 institutions.</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The pilot \
involves three components: etexts from major textbook publishers (we expect two or \
three to participate in due course), a multi-platform e-reader that students and \
faculty use to access etexts (this will be provided by Courseload), and institutions \
that agree to identify faculty and course sections interested in using etexts. \
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>[more]</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><strong><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Source and \
Links Available Via </span></strong><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>[<a \
href="http://bit.ly/GUDi31" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/GUDi31</a>]</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Also of \
possible interest </span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Digital \
Textbooks: A Perfect Storm For Higher Learning</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Includes \
links to Indiana eTextbook initiatives (among others)</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>[<a \
href="http://bit.ly/xXucIG" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/xXucIG</a>]</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Gerry \
McKiernan</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Associate \
Professor</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>and</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Science and \
Technology LIbrarian</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Iowa State \
University</span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>152 Parks \
Library</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Ames IA \
50011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p \
class=MsoNormal><span \
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a \
href="http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/" \
target="_blank">http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/</a></span><span \
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p \
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