List/ Thanks for your posting Michelle ! Since late November 2010, I have been actively involved in identifying and documenting major/minor cites/sites relating to DigitalTextbooks, first through my blog _DT > Digital Textbooks_ [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ] and more recently through a Mendeley bibliographic database [ http://www.mendeley.com/ ]. This database currently contains ~ 1,500 records. While the blog is public, the database currently is not. However, I do post the most significant cites / sites in Facebook; Please feel free to 'Friend' me. Within the next week or so, I will be reviewing the blog and datasbase for resources to identify major themes for a library presentation on DTs that I will give at the end of this month. At this time I plan an overview of major platforms, major initiatives, and library-related projects. I will self-archive the PPT slides and let the list know when the presentation is available. BTW: If there are any institutions / organizations interested in hosting / sponsoring a presentation / workshop on DTs, I plan to travel to Europe in mid-September 2012 to give a workshop (or two) in France and Italy, and could be available to present in other venues. I also can be available to present in North America this Spring / Summer / Fall. Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 USA gerrymck@iastate.edu On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Michelle Everson <gaddy001@umn.edu> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I know this is a topic that comes up a lot, but I'm ashamed to say I haven't been as good as I should be in terms of carefully following discussions about this topic. I'm now teaching a course that is all about becoming a teacher of statistics, and my co-instructor and I would like to discuss alternatives to the traditional textbook. We were hoping to share some readings or web material with students that might give them some good ideas about the issues to consider when adopting electronic textbooks. Do you know of particularly good articles we might share with our students, or any websites or even blogs that might debate the pros and cons of e-books? I am also doing my own searching, but if you have particular references you are fond of, I'd love to hear about them.
Thank you for your time and for any suggestions you might have!
Michelle
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