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another computational linguistics position at Trinity College Dublin
by Carl Vogel 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

[Apologies for Multiple Postings; Please pass on to colleagues and students as appropriate. Please note that this position is distinct from another very recently advertized computational linguistics position at TCD on outlook analysis.] Post-doctoral position in Text Classification and Automatic Labelling The Computational Linguistics Group at Trinity College Dublin is looking for applications for ONE Postdoctoral position in the area of text classification and automatic labelling of text streams. The position is part of a large research project "Next Generation Localisation" (CNGL) involving a consortium of leading Irish Universities (DCU, TCD, UCD and UL) and Industry Partners, funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The project focuses on Language Technology and Digital Content Management in Localisation. Localisation is the industrial-scale adaptation of digital content to domain, culture and language. Successful candidates will join a team of Postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and research advisors from academia and industry. Details of the advertised posts are as follows: - POSTDOC.ILT3: Postdoctoral Position in "Text Categorisation" o Description: The successful candidate will research and develop algorithms for automatic annotation of localisation metadata, and multilingual text type and genre classification. Candidates must have a strong background and research record in machine learning and data-intensive natural language processing, as well as good programming skills. o Starting date: 3rd quarter 2010 o Duration: 12-18 months. o Salary: Approx. 38,000-44,000 Euro per annum depending on experience and qualifications. For further details, please contact Martin Emms (mtemms(a)tcd.ie) Carl Vogel (vogel(a)cs.tcd.ie) To apply, please email a CV and contact details for two references by August 31, 2010 to Jean.Maypother(a)cs.tcd.ie. Please include the job reference ("POSTDOC.ILT3") in the subject line of all email correspondence. See www.cngl.ie for details on the broader goals of the project. While the deadline is August 31, 2010, applications will be considered until the position is filled.

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CFP: Workshop “Bringing MT to the User: Research on Integrating MT in the Translation Industry”
by "Венцислав Жечев (Ventsislav Zhechev)" 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

CALL FOR PAPERS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– “Bringing MT to the User: Research on Integrating MT in the Translation Industry” Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2010) http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The EuroMatrix+ Project (http://www.euromatrixplus.eu) and the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (http://cngl.ie) are organising the Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, titled “Bringing MT to the User: Research on Integrating MT in the Translation Industry”. The workshop will be hosted at the AMTA 2010 conference (http://amta2010.amtaweb.org) in Denver, Colorado. It will take place on 4 November 2010 immediately after the main conference. Premise: Recent years have seen a revolution in MT triggered by the emergence of statistical approaches to MT and improvements in translation quality. MT (rule-based, statistical and hybrid) is now available for many languages for free on the Web and is making strong inroads into the corporate localisation and translation industries. Open-source MT solutions are competing with proprietary products. Increasing numbers of translators are post-editing TM/MT output. At the same time, there has been some disconnect between academic research on MT, which (rightly so) focuses on algorithms to increase translation quality, and many of the practical issues that need to be addressed to make MT maximally useful in real translation and localisation scenarios. Objectives: This workshop will bring together MT researchers, developers, industrial users and translators to discuss issues that are most important in real world industrial settings involving MT, but currently not very popular in research circles. Workshop Chairs: Ventsislav Zhechev Philipp Koehn Josef van Genabith Call for Research Papers: For this workshop we solicit full research papers with industry or academic background to highlight the real-world issues that need to be tackled by new research and the recent academic advancements that improve translation quality, as well as novel and successful methods for the integration of Machine Translation with Translation Memories or Localisation Workflows. We will accept research paper submissions (reviewed anonymously) for oral presentation and publication. Papers should present clearly identifiable problem statements, research methodologies and measurable outcomes and evaluation. The papers should follow the submission guidelines for the research track of the main AMTA 2010 Conference (http://amta2010.amtaweb.org/cfp-mt.htm) with the maximum length being 10 pages in US Letter format, including references. Please, do not include your name in the paper text and avoid overt self-references to facilitate the blind review process. If a paper is accepted, at least one author will have to register through the AMTA 2010 website and travel to Denver to present it. Topics include but are not limited to: • MT/TM in Localisation/Translation Workflows • MT/TM Combinations • Post-Editing Support for MT • MT and Monolingual Post-Editing • MT Confidence Scores and Post-Editing Effort • Training Data for MT: Size, Domain and Quality • Data Cleanup and Preparation for MT • Meta-Data Mark-Up/Annotation and MT • Terminology and MT • Costing/Pricing MT • MT for Free/for a Fee • Rule-Based, Statistical and Hybrid MT • Computing Resources for MT • MT in the Cloud • MT and the Crowd • Smart Learning from Post-Edits • (Machine) Translation in Context Program Committee: The submitted papers will be reviewed by a mixed industry–academia committee. Industry members: Fred Hollowood (Symantec), Johann Roturier (Symantec), Dag Schmidtke (Microsoft), Dion Wiggins (Asia Online), Jaap van der Meer (TAUS), Manuel Tomás Carrasco Benítez (DGT of the EC), Daniel Grasmick (Lucy Software), Marc Dymetman (XRCE), (to be confirmed: Tony O’Dowd (Alchemy), Nicholas Stroppa (Google)) Academic members: Michael Carl (IAI Saarbrücken), Eiichiro Sumita (NICT Japan), Julien Bourdaillet (University of Montreal), Mikel Forcada (Universitat d’Alacant), Philipp Koehn (EM+), Hans Uszkoreit (EM+), Josef van Genabith (CNGL), Andy Way (CNGL), Harold Somers (CNGL), Ventsislav Zhechev (EM+, CNGL), (to be confirmed: Pierre Isabelle (NRC Canada)) Deadlines (all GMT -11): 29 August 2010 Full Paper Submissions Due 12 September 2010 Acceptance Notifications Sent Out 25 September 2010 Camera-Ready Papers Due Please, direct all enquiries to Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev at emcnglworkshop(a)me.com For up-to-date information, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010 For information about the First Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://www.euromatrixplus.eu/cngl2009 Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev EuroMatrix+ Centre for Next Generation Localisation School of Computing Dublin City University http://VentsislavZhechev.eu

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CFP: MeCCSA 2011
by Ben Light 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

* Call for Submissions** MeCCSA 2011 Conference - http://www.meccsa2011.org.uk* * 12-14 January 2011 The Lowry, Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester* The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) is the UK subject association for those researching and teaching in the area, whether in arts, humanities or social sciences departments. In 2011 the conference will be hosted by the Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Research Centre which is situated within the School of Media, Music and Performance at the University of Salford. The conference is to be held at the award-winning theatre and arts complex The Lowry, at Salford Quays in the city of Salford. This is adjacent to MediaCityUK, where the BBC, the University of Salford, and other media and creative organisations have new facilities and buildings. As is usual, the conference will include papers, presentations of practice, posters and panels across the range of interests represented by the Association and its networks. Papers, posters and panels will cover all areas of media, communication and cultural studies. *Instructions for Authors:* Abstracts of papers, presentations of practice and posters, no longer than 250 words, should be submitted at http://www.meccsa2011.org.uk by 22 September in order for peer review to take place. For panels, we require a short description and rationale for the whole (200 words), abstracts for each of the papers (250 words each) and the name of the person chairing. For practice proposals please ensure that you send DVD preview material (not the whole item) with the abstract via post (details to be provided on the conference website). Alternatively, include in your abstract a URL which points us to somewhere on the web where we can see preview material. *Poster Competition* There will be a poster competition with a prize of £100, to be judged by members of the MeCCSA Executive Committee. The academic poster is highly valued by MeCCSA as an indicator of current research and there will be a space set aside at the 2011 conference for this activity. <http://tinyurl.com/6xn9om> *Important Dates:* Submission of Abstracts, Posters and Panels: 22 September 2010 Notification of acceptance: 4 October 2010 *What's Next? *In the next few weeks we will be announcing our Plenary and Keynote speakers. In the meantime, get your submissions ready and do sign up for news via our RSS feed. You'll also be able to follow the conference on Twitter. Ben Light will be tweeting updates as we go along - his username is doggyb and the conference hashtag is #meccsa2011 For further information please contact Deborah Woodman -- d.woodman(a)salford.ac.uk or indeed myself. Very best wishes, Ben. On Behalf of the MeCCSA 2011 Organising Team -- Ben Light Professor of Digital Media Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Research Centre Associate Head of School - Research and Innovation School of Media, Music and Performance University of Salford Adelphi House SALFORD M3 6EN Tel. +44 (0)161 295 5443 www.benlight.org www.smmp.salford.ac.uk

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Flow Conference in Sept.
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

Anyone planning to attend the Flow Conference in Austin this fall? I'm debating whether to go (somehow I missed the CFP so I'm not participating but I've been to the two previous ones and had a good time) but I may need a roommate. This message may contain confidential information for the use of the addressee(s) above and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message immediately. Thank you.

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NYTimes > Travel > "Europe [And The World] Without Hotels"
by Gerry McKiernan 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

Colleagues/ Speaking Of Mobile > "Lord I Was Born A Travelin' Man" [LS] BTW: I Was Also Borne To Shift The ParaDigm >>> [:-)] [ http://bit.ly/a39VC1 ] /Gerry July 12, 2010 / Europe Without Hotels / BENJI LANYADO IN the middle of a cool, cloudless Parisian afternoon, light was pouring into my guest room from a turn-of-the-century courtyard in the 10th Arrondissement. I clambered up to the loft bed, suspended above dark oak floors, and stared at the textiles shop sign swinging in the courtyard through the large, almost floor-to-ceiling windows. A bottle of Bordeaux was breathing; other amenities included a pantry stocked with cereal, milk and yogurt. I also had a phone number to call if I needed dinner recommendations or, perhaps, extra shower gel. But I was happy sitting at the window, nodding at my new neighbors as they wheeled their bikes onto the street and headed into the cafe-lined Marais. Hotel guests pay handsomely for such perks, but I wasn’t in a hotel. Nor was I in some vacation rental. I was in the home of Julien Szeps, a 26-year-old chef whom I met through a new kind of short-term rental service called AirBnB.com . And the studio apartment was only 65 euros a night, about $80 at $1.23 to the euro. Not bad for an entire apartment with a full kitchen and bathroom, less than 10 minutes by foot from the Louvre. While AirBnB is the largest of these new services, it isn’t the only one. A half-dozen upstarts have emerged in the last two years — with names like iStopOver.com and Crashpadder.com — offering the convenience of a hotel, the comforts of a home and the price tag of an up-market hostel. Call them social B&B networks, or maybe peer-to-peer hotels. Despite the confusing legal issues in many cities surrounding subletting, these new short-term rentals are making inroads into the hospitality industry, with hundreds of thousands of listings across the globe; there are over 3,500 short-term rentals in New York State alone. Social networking first significantly influenced the world of travel in 1999 with the start of Couchsurfing, a service in which members offer a spare couch — or bed, or floor space — to fellow Couchsurfers, at no charge. It spawned a social phenomenon, and today counts almost two million people in 238 countries as members. Social B&B networks are a natural next step, imposing an important distinction: money.The new sites appeal to a traveler’s desire to see a city through local eyes (and from the vantage point of a resident’s home), but add a hedge against disaster: with Couchsurfing you get what’s given (it’s free, after all), while sites like AirBnB generally provide detailed descriptions of the private rooms or apartments available for rent, along with protections if things go wrong. [snip] Not everyone is happy with these new social B&Bs. Innkeepers, for one, point out that they are unlicensed, uninsured and, depending on local real estate laws, against the law. In Paris, for example, renting a residential apartment for less than a year is considered illegal, though many pied-à-terre owners do it anyway. And in New York City, tenants and co-op owners are not usually allowed to sublet their apartments for short stays without permission from the landlord or co-op board. Still, neither apartment owners who stand to make money from these sites, nor the growing numbers of travelers looking for a middle ground between Couchsurfing and a traditional B&B or hotel are likely to be deterred. [snip] I was looking for an apartment I found through iStopOver, a year-old site based in Toronto that specializes in providing housing during large events like the World Cup and the Olympics, when visitor demand outstrips the supply of traditional hotels and B&Bs. The “Barcelona Penthouse” looked a little less homey, and more like a traditional vacation rental, than other listings, but I drooled over its outdoor terrace. [snip] These sites are growing, and the number of listings is growing with them. These numbers were supplied in early July. AIRBNB.COM AirBnB.com, founded in 2007 in San Francisco, is the largest of this new generation of social B&Bs and has the most user reviews. Where: About 5,378 cities in 146 countries > Accommodations: Air mattresses to entire villas > Price: In New York, from $10 for a room to $3,000 for a loft. ISTOPOVER.COM IStopOver, founded in 2009 in Toronto, specializes in big events, like this summer’s World Cup in South Africa. Where: Mostly North America, Europe and South Africa > Accommodations: Apartments and houses > Price: $10 to $8,000 a night. CRASHPADDER.COM Founded in 2008 in London, Crashpadder.com operates mostly in Britain, with a surge expected during the 2010 Olympics in London. Where: 898 cities, including more than 1,000 listings in London > Accommodations: Bedrooms to houses > Price: From £15 (about $21 at $1.43 to the pound) a night, plus £3 booking fee. ROOMORAMA.COM Founded in 2008, Roomorama.com focuses on higher-end properties, especially in New York City. Where: 36 cities, including more than 1,000 listings in New York > Accommodations: Bedrooms to houses > Price: From $30 to $5,000, plus an 8 to 12 percent booking fee. Source And All Links Available From [ http://bit.ly/ajGVIU ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> " !!! We Must Not Let Our Minds Be Confined Nor Defined By Our Place Or Time !!!" <<< _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. 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Call for Essays: Spider-Man, Spider-Women, and Webspinners: Critical Perspectives
by Peaslee, Robert 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

With apologies for cross-posting: Call for Essays: Spider-Man, Spider-Women, and Webspinners: Critical Perspectives Edited by Robert G. Weiner and Robert Moses Peaslee When Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first penned a short story about a young man named Peter Parker who gets bit by a radioactive spider and becomes the hero known as Spider-Man, little did they know they would be creating the most popular super-hero in history (next to Batman). Like most "happy accidents," the creation of Spider-Man almost did not happen. It was initially a throw away a story in a magazine that was getting cancelled anyway. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko had hit upon a character that was different from all the others and one that everyone could relate to. Peter Parker (Spider-Man's alter ego) was a teenager who had money/girl/family problems that he continued to struggle with even though he had "amazing" powers. He was in high school and had to learn some hard lessons of life. When Parker first got his powers, he used them to make money and get fame. But when he failed to stop a burglar who would eventually kill his Uncle Ben in a robbery attempt, he learned that "with great power, comes great responsibility." Since Stan Lee wrote those words in 1962, they have become the most quoted comic book words in history and have served as a cautionary note pertinent far beyond the boundaries of the comic or film frame. Since 1962, there have been no less than 10 different titles featuring Spider-Man, 5 different animated series, a live action series, animated movies, a live action series in Japan, and 3 very successful movies grossing a total of $2.4 billion and breaking box office records The editors are seeking articles of around 4-6,000 words discussing the phenomena of Spider-Man or its off-shoots related to the comics, films, animated series, games, television series, history etc. Some possible topics to be addressed include (but are not limited to): · The real meaning of "with great power comes great responsibility" and Uncle Ben's life and influence on Peter Parker · Dr. Octopus almost marrying Aunt May · May Day Parker, Spider-Girl and the alternate universe · Spider-Girl as a fan driven title · J. Jonah Jameson and his hatred of Spider-Man · Spider-Woman the first female off shoot · The various Spider-Girls · How did Amazing Fantasy 15 change the world? · The Death of Aunt May · The Clone Saga · The various Spidey costumes: Black, Red/Blue/Maroon · Venom and Carnage: Why did these particular villains become the most popular of all Spidey villains? · Spider-Man's role in Civil War · The Gwen Stacy affair · Spider-Man's uneasy relationship with the police · The Green Goblin (Norman Osborne) and his love/hate relationship with Peter Parker · The various Goblins: Green Goblin1&2/Hobgoblin/Demigoblin (What ties them together? Differences?) · The artistic style of Steve Ditko · The roots of Spider-Man (The old pulp hero The Spider) · The writing of Gerry Conway · The art of John Romita Sr. and John Romita Jr. on Spider-Man · The New Fantastic Four-Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Hulk, and Wolverine · The relationship between Madame Web and Spider-Man · Spider-Man's role in the New Avengers · The work of J. Michael Straczynski on the title · How did Todd McFarlane change the Spider-Man world both through his art and writing? · The first Marvel/DC crossover-Spider-Man meets Superman · Why was the live action Spider-Man television series a big flop? · Spider-Man 2099-A different kind of Spider-Man · Comparisons between Nicholas Hammond and Tobey McGuire as Peter Parker · What kind of creative licenses did the movies take that differ from the sequential art stories? How were they similar? · Zombie Spider-Man · Mary Jane comics and novels: teen romance in the Spider-Man world · Spider-Man as an ideal children's hero · Spider-Man fan films and fiction · Spider-Man as an ethical gauge for human behavior · One of the first Super-Hero record albums: Spiderman: Rock Reflections of a Superhero · The Scarlet Spider-who is he? What is his role in the Spidey universe? · The Ultimate Spider-Man: What are the similarities and differences between the Ultimate version of the writing of Brian Michael Bendis on Ultimate Spider-Man · Spidey Super Stories: An experiment in reading for children · Spider-Man overseas? Why do the Europeans love Spider-Man as much as the Americans? What is his universal appeal? · Mattie Franklin (Spider-Woman 3) and her relationship to J. Jonah Jameson as a surrogate father · Peter Parker's sister? · The Red Skull and the killing of Peter-Parker's parents · Spider-related groups and societies: Spider Society; Webcorps · Kraven the Hunter and his desire to be like the Spider · J.M. DeMatties and the death of Kraven the Hunter · The Vulture: A senior citizen as a villain · The relationship between Captain America and Spider-Man · Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends an animated series featuring Firestar and Ice-Man · The Spider-Man family of heroes · John Jameson and the Man-Wolf · The Transformers: Spidey meets a Hasbro trademark · The upcoming Spider-Man movie reboot · Spider-Man as a barometer of the various historical periods in which he appears. · The psychoanalytic aspects of Spider-Man, Peter, Mary Jane, etc. · Spider-Man, Marvel, and the structure of the entertainment industry · Spider-Man as ideology or counter-ideology · Spider-Man, -Woman fandom and audience practice · Spider-Man online · Spider-Man as an urban (or particularly a New York) dweller Please send 200 word abstracts by November 1st 2010 to: Rob Weiner Rob.weiner(a)ttu.edu Final papers will be due December 1st 2010. Please note the submission of an essay does NOT necessarily mean publication in the volume. The editors are striving to put together as tight a collection as possible with many diverse viewpoints covering all aspects of Spider-Man's career. Authors are also expected to follow the editor's style guide and be willing to have their work edited. Thank you Robert Moses Peaslee Department of Electronic Media and Communications Texas Tech University Rob Weiner Texas Tech University Library Editors

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Open Video Conference early bird registration
by Ben Moskowitz 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hey everyone, I'm writing to share details on the Open Video Conference, a tent-pole event this October 1-2 in New York. OVC connects academics, creators, developers, businesspeople, policy-makers, and others to explore the future of video on the web. If you follow the critical debates on open source, participatory culture, media consolidation, the future of education, human rights video, and so many others, you will get a lot out of this event. Hope to see you this October! -Ben Open Video Conference October 1-2, 2010 New York City http://openvideoconference.org Register by August 1st for early bird rates! $25 student, $50 individual. $150 professional See a preview of confirmed OVC programming About OVC The Open Video Conference (OVC) is a multi-day summit of thought leaders in business, academia, art, and activism to explore the future of video on the web. Join us October 1-2 for two days of learning and inspiration. And stick around for the OVC hack labs, presented in partnership with NYU ITP. Who's coming to OVC? Connected creatives, technologists and businesspeople of all stripes. Over 100 open source projects. Innovative filmmakers. Visionaries like Tim Wu, cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch, former Obama adviser Susan Crawford, and Damian Kulash of OK Go. OVC partner organizations include Creative Commons, the Workbook Project, Intelligent Television, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and more. Sponsor application deadline OVC is a non-profit event. If your company or organization is interested in supporting the Open Video Conference, please be in touch by August 13th. Open Video Conference Contact: Ben Moskowitz conference(a)openvideoalliance.org

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Hongkiat.com > 40 Plus/Plus Best Websites To Download Free EBooks
by Gerry McKiernan 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

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We Must Not Let Our Minds Be Confined Nor Defined By Our Place Or Time !!!" <<< _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID2…

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All that Twitters is not Gold
by Ehon Chan 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hi guys, I am speaking at an event this week and I thought I'd try to get some different perspectives, thoughts and ideas from others on the issue. The whole topic is on social media and how it has changed the way humans interact, so if anyone has any great articles, research or has any thoughts on the following questions, it would be great to hear from you guys. It's a pretty big issue in Australia at the moment as the government is proposing to implement internet filtering in Australia, a recent article says that kids who are on social media like Twitter and Facebook are "becoming dumber" and there are a lot of skeptics all around. The questions I've been thinking about and have been asked to talk about: - What are the implications for social inclusion and cross generational communication? - Has social networking changed campaigns and causes (would love case studies and examples like Iran election?) - Will virtual communities replace physical ones or do new technologies increase our opportunities to connect and participate? - Are they available to everyone? I would love case studies and examples if possible - or even just some braindump so I can search them up. Thanks all! Cheers, Ehon Ehon Chan t: +61 433 510 005 | w: www.ehonchan.com | Skype: ehon.chan | twitter: @ehon Director of Research | Youth, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Brisbane (YES Brisbane) www.yesbrisbane.com.au Research Officer | Teaching and Educational Development Institute www.tedi.uq.edu.au Academic Support | School of Education, University of Queensland www.uq.edu.au/education Author | Digital For Good www.twitter.com/digitalforgood Youth Ambassador | Inspire Foundation www.inspire.org.au Researcher | Project Australia www.projectaustralia.org.au

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CHE > Latest Attempt to Hawk E-Textbooks: Make Them Easier for Professors to Use
by Gerry McKiernan 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

Colleagues/ In Case You Missed It > /Gerry Wired Campus > July 14, 2010, 05:09 PM ET > By Jeff Young It has been hard to get most professors excited about e-textbooks, but publishers continue to try new ways to sell them on the format. The latest strategy seems to make the e-textbooks even easier for professors to use, by integrating them more tightly into the course-management systems they are already familiar with. Today Blackboard announced deals with a major textbook publisher— McGraw Hill—and two college bookstore chains—Barnes & Noble College Booksellers and Follett Higher Education Group—to sell textbooks through the tech company's course-management system and to tie online assignments from the e-texts directly into existing online gradebooks. And earlier this week, CourseSmart, which distributes electronic editions of books by major textbook publishers, announced a new feature that better links its e-textbooks with the leading course-management systems. [snip] Under its new agreement with Blackboard, McGraw Hill's series of online textbooks, called Connect, will link seamlessly with the course-management system. " [snip]. Links To Full Article And Blackboard And Publishers Links And Inside Higher Ed Article > Blackboard's Bid to Galvanize E-Texts Available From [ http://bit.ly/9C3VhY ] enJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> " !!! We Must Not Let Our Minds Be Confined Nor Defined By Our Place Or Time !!!" <<< _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID2…

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