[GOAL] Re: Becoming Unglued ... a rejoinder ...

[Eric F. Van de Velde]

I think Dana's point is actually very important. The problems listed by
this student points to the fact that E-book interfaces remain a work in
progress. This is a separate problem though from freeing up the digital
rights, which is what Gluejar is doing.
--Eric.

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Dana Roth <dzrlib at library.caltech.edu>wrote:

> In regards e-books in the sciences and engineering ...
>
>
> This from one of our undergrads … who didn’t want an e-book …
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> It is mostly personal preference that I prefer paper copies -
>
>   *   I like being able to quickly flip through pages (especially with
> math books) to refer back to equations/concepts, while I'm not tech-savvy
> enough to open two pages in a e-publication.
>   *   Similar concept - having multiple books open and available is useful
>   *   Being able to look up references online in books
>   *   I take notes on my computer, so if I have an e-publication up, I
> can't take notes
> I suppose I'm just old fashioned. I realize now that this is not so much
> "anti-epublication" as "not enough e-readers to look at several of these
> e-pubs simultaneously."
>
>
>
>
> Dana L. Roth
> Millikan Library / Caltech 1-32
> 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125
> 626-395-6423 fax 626-792-7540
> dzrlib at library.caltech.edu<mailto:dzrlib at library.caltech.edu>
> http://library.caltech.edu/collections/chemistry.htm
> ________________________________
> From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [goal-bounces at eprints.org] on behalf of
> Eric F. Van de Velde [eric.f.vandevelde at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:35 PM
> To: goal at eprints.org
> Subject: [GOAL] Becoming Unglued...
>
> I posted my latest blog a couple of days ago. It is slightly off-topic for
> this list in that it is about books, not journals. However, it is 100%
> about open access and an innovative way of getting around long copyright
> terms. Who knows, it can be translated to journals...
>
> On Becoming Unglued...
> On June 20th, the e-book world changed: One innovation cut through the fog
> of the discussions on copyright, digital rights management (DRM), and
> various other real and perceived problems of digital books. It did not take
> a revolution, angry protests, lobbying of politicians, or changes in
> copyright law. All it took was a simple idea, and the talent and
> determination to implement it.
> ....
>
> http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com/2012/06/on-becoming-unglued.html
>
>
> --Eric.
>
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