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. <br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Dana Roth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dzrlib@library.caltech.edu" target="_blank">dzrlib@library.caltech.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
In regards e-books in the sciences and engineering ...<br>
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This from one of our undergrads … who didn’t want an e-book …<br>
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It is mostly personal preference that I prefer paper copies -<br>
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* 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.<br>
* Similar concept - having multiple books open and available is useful<br>
* Being able to look up references online in books<br>
* I take notes on my computer, so if I have an e-publication up, I can't take notes<br>
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."<br>
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Dana L. Roth<br>
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Subject: [GOAL] Becoming Unglued...<br>
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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...<br>
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On Becoming Unglued...<br>
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.<br>
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<a href="http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com/2012/06/on-becoming-unglued.html" target="_blank">http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com/2012/06/on-becoming-unglued.html</a><br>
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