Higher Education

An interesting article appeared in the InsideHigherEd.com newsletter. It was the title caught my attention! FISH TO PROFS: STICK TO TEACHING. I could just visualize one of those mounted ’singing catfish’ talking to a group of professors! The article, of course, was more serious. The premise - “Should we […]

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UNIVERSITY PRESSES START TO SELL VIA KINDLE
An Inside Higher Ed email delivered on June 24, 2008 led me to this interesting article about university presses selling books as Amazon’s Kindle eBooks.
Just months after Amazon’s Kindle , a portable eBook reader launched , academic
publishing houses are starting to sell books via this method. http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/24/kindle
“By the […]

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Ruth V. Small of Syracuse University wrote an article,  Librarians hold key to world of books, for Children’s Book Week that appeared on Syracuse.com.
She says,
‘As we mark Children’s Book Week, we are reminded of all of those people who help our children discover the magic of the written word and experience the joy of reading. […]

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LibX: Browser Plugins for Libraries
By Laurie N. Taylor
LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to your library’s resources. It’s an Open Source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. Currently, 330 academic and …
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There are a lot of great FREE resources available from the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Ed Pubs Website - http://edpubs.ed.gov. It is not easy to get large quantities (like for a whole school staff, etc.) but you can get smaller quantities easily. I’ve ordered materials for my high school principal, for teachers […]

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New & Used Textbooks @ Amazon.com
AbeBooks: New & Used Books, Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books
College Textbooks.com allows you to look up the book and see price comparisons.

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I really like the way that About.com arranges information and have enjoyed receiving their free “Web Search 101″ email course. Yesterday I stumbled across their complete list of free online courses. Free is good!
About U. is “a collection of free online courses from About.com. Each online course is sent to you via email on […]

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Jodi Picoult’s newest book is “19 Minutes“. Have you heard about it? Regardless, please read on…
“19 Minutes” is presently the 68th fastest selling book of the Amazon.com Bestsellers. On Jodi Picoult’s Website, www.JodiPicoult.com, there is a Podcast that “gives the story behind 19 Minutes”. Also, check […]

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