A Fantastic Reading List on e-books and e-readers in libraries

  Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on July 26, 2011 - 8:30amVia :http://www.alatechsource.org/  On August 4 and August 11, Sue Polanka will present the two-part Workshop, Integrating E-Books and E-Readers into Your Library. Our workshop presenters recommend advance readings to encourage learning and focused discussion. Whether you're planning to attend this event or not, check out the reading list...

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Times Higher Education - The research lab in your pocket

The research lab in your pocket 28 July 2011 By Sarah Cunnane Apps created by and for the academy could turn smartphones into essential academic tools for everything from teaching and citations to social-science fieldwork. Sarah Cunnane reports Credit: Bruno Mallart/GettyWhen George MacKerron set out to investigate how people's happiness is affected by their environment, he hit upon the idea of using mobile...

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Times Higher Education - Knowledge is not enough

Knowledge is not enough... 14 July 2011 ...lecturers must be able to impart what they know. Craig Mahoney, head of the HEA, believes training can make any academic a more effective and inspired teacher "When I moved to England from Australia, I was excited at the prospect of undertaking the postgraduate certificate in higher education," writes Francesca Haig, a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Chester, in a 2009 article for the Higher Education Academy's Academy Exchange magazine."In...

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