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09 Jul 2011
Just free books [edna Resources]
(Skip Zalneraitis bookmarked this item)
A search engine to find only free ebooks in English and Spanish. Users can search the content of more than 550 free ebooks web sites, including gutenberg.org, wikibooks.org and archive.org. The search results include public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more.
24 May 2011
The ATSILIRN conference theme is 'Big: big ideas, big collections, big pictures'. Programmes and initiatives to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culture and issues in libraries and archives have grown exponentially over the past decade. We have witnessed an increase in Indigenous employment as well as genuine outreach programmes to communities throughout Australia to make information services and collections more relevant and accessible. The National Indigenous Knowledge Cen[..]
22 Nov 2010
Queensland University of Technology is proud to host the Research Applications in Library and Information Studies 2011 seminar. This the 7th event in the series, which brings together educators, researchers and practitioners within the information professions to enable a culture of informed and innovative research practice. All members of the information profession - libraries, archives, information & knowledge management, records, schools, museums - are invited to share their ideas and work wit[..]
11 Oct 2010
Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship: Report and Reader Survey [edna Resources]
(Lynley McKernan bookmarked this item)
This report describes a conversion experiment and subsequent reader survey conducted by ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) in late 2009 and early 2010 to assess the viability of using scholarly monographs with handheld e-readers. HEB's initial findings in this study indicate that titles formatted for existing handheld devices are not yet adequate for scholarly use in terms of replicating either the benefits of online collectionscross-searchability, archiving, multifarious interactive components - nor [..]
10 Jun 2010
Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities [edna Events]
(Julia Boulton bookmarked this item)
Information Technology and Indigenous Communities (ITIC) will explore the ever-increasing use of IT to access, create and collate tangible and intangible cultural information and heritage. The torrent of new media and digitisation provides a wealth of opportunity for creativity, transmission and the decentralisation of collections and the information they contain. What is the best way to engage in this process with limited technological support? What are the opportunities of social networking, m[..]
02 Jun 2010
Over 1 million digital books now available free to the print-disabled [edna News]
(Yvonne Murtagh bookmarked this item)
More than doubling the number of books available to print disabled people of all ages, the Internet Archive has launched a new service that brings free access to more than 1 million books - from classic 19th century fiction and current novels to technical guides and research materials - now available in the specially designed format to support those who are blind, dyslexic or are otherwise visually impaired. Internet Archive, 19 May 2010.
06 Apr 2010
Twapper Keeper - "We save tweets" - #hashtag - acec2010 - 6-9 April 2010 ACEC2010: Digital Diversity Conference in Melbourne
(Pru Mitchell bookmarked this item)
Archive of tweets from Australian Computers in Education conference, Melbourne 6 - 9 April 2010
11 Feb 2010
Applications are invited from Indigenous communities who are interested in recording, preserving and archiving the stories, accomplishments and reflections of their community members. Indigenous Community Stories is an initiative which is aiming to film 100 Western Australian Indigenous stories and digitally archive them for future generations to view over the next 100 years and beyond. Applications close Monday 15 March 2010. FTI, 10 February 2010.
30 Dec 2009
Pathways is a resource for people who as children were in out-of-home 'care' in Victoria, including people known as 'care' leavers, Forgotten Australians, foster children, wards of the state, adopted children, Homies, child migrants, and members of the Stolen Generations. Pathways is a biographical, bibliographical and archival database which brings together information about care in Victoria from the 1840s to the present. It can be used to find information, including documents and images, about[..]
14 Dec 2009
Internet Archive: a future for books -- BookServer [edna Resources]
(David Hilton bookmarked this item)
The BookServer is an open architecture for vending and lending digital books over the Internet. Built on open catalog and open book formats, the BookServer model allows a wide network of publishers, booksellers, libraries, and even authors to make their catalogs of books available directly to readers through their laptops, phones, netbooks, or dedicated reading devices. BookServer facilitates pay transactions, borrowing books from libraries, and downloading free, publicly accessible books.
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