RE: Newsletter of the Association of American University Presses

["Hamaker, Charles" <cahamake@uncc.edu>]

>From the website Anthony cited, the Deep Log Analysis finding I 
was particularly struck by was this: "Findings from the UCL 
superbook study suggest that around half the time that users 
spend on e-book platforms is actually devoted to navigating the 
information space and finding content..."

This suggests to me that we have some serious problems with 
navigation issues in the plethora of front ends that have been 
developed by various vendors.

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223

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Chuck and others may be interested in the National Observatory
Project being run by JISC. It is concerned with e-books and their
usage and future models that will be appropriate for libraries
and indeed users. The site is www.jiscebooksproject.org/ -

Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamaker, Charles" <cahamake@uncc.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:36 PM
Subject: Newsletter of the Association of American University Presses

> The Exchange Online
> The Newsletter of the Association of American University Presses
> 03/24/08
> http://aaupblog.aaupnet.org/index.php?s=publishing
>
> CONTENTS
>
> MIT Premieres Digital Media & Learning Series
> O'Reilly TOC Conference Focuses on Practical Digital Resources
> Publishing's Carbon Footprint
> AAUP Presses at MLA 2008
> Lobbying for the Humanities: Humanities Advocacy Day 2008
> Mellon Foundation Supports Four More University Press Collaborations
> Caravan Project Begins Second Year with $25,000 NACS Grant
>
> I was particularly impressed with the report on the MIT project
> http://aaupblog.aaupnet.org/?p=61
>
> "Supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
> Foundation, MIT Press has recently published six titles exploring
> the effects and interrelationships of emerging digital
> technologies on youth and learning. The books, available as free
> chapter-by-chapter downloads at MIT's web site and also as cloth
> and paper editions, offer a substantial new body of scholarship
> in the field of digital media and learning, and will be followed
> by a new quarterly journal in winter 2009."
>
> The O'Reilly "Tools of Change (TOC) Conference" was also an
> interesting report, and if the 2008 report is right, represents a
> new development in e-books: "One thing that became clear is that
> the publishing industry is moving on from visionary statements to
> the decidedly less sexy and more productive work of integrating
> new technologies and models into the cycle of scholarly
> communications."
>
> Let's hope its right. Come on, get to it--make e-books practical
> and workable, please!
>
> Overall the newsletter is well worth a read if you haven't
> checked it out.
>
> Chuck Hamaker
> Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
> Atkins Library
> University of North Carolina Charlotte
> Charlotte, NC 28223