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bu_dioa

  1. The Tagging Evolutionary Subject Tagging in the Humanities project (thanks NEH ODH) comes to an end with final paper: bit.ly/uNNbc7
  2. Stop the Internet, we want to get off! K.evin Smith's analysis of Auth Guild suit against HathiTrust very helpful. / bit.ly/o2gk1E
  3. Excited to receive first of 5000 digital copies of Ajami Wolof manuscripts from Senegal, beginning an Ajami Dig. Lib. http://bit.ly/b4Qmoo
  4. Information consumer patterns shifting toward developing personal collections accessible through the network #FutureCast
  5. Amazon Now Sells More eBooks Than Paper Books - 105 ebooks for every 100 dead-tree books mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/am… via @ebooknewser #bu
  6. Article & survey in Nature :how researchers manage online reputations http://is.gd/rVrAg8 Impt insights re: incentives for IRs, Vivo, etc
  7. Next generation of digital books: http://bit.ly/kumZ5R #bu_dioa
  8. RT @jwacooks: Kevin Smith comments on the decision against Righthaven on its Fair Use Argument http://tinyurl.com/5txzc6m #bu
  9. Wilkin: Bibliographic Indeterminacy...Scale of Problems & Opportunities of "Rights" in Digital Collection Building http://bit.ly/giGlgf #bu
  10. "Did he really say that?" Kevin Smith comments on Harper Collins new eBook licensing model, DRM to limit circulation shar.es/3KBxK #bu
  11. Thanks and good travels to ESTHR consultation participants #dh
  12. RT @veek: Day 1 of ESTHR (grant project) meeting. You know that thing abt getting ppl w/diff expertise in a room & watching sparks fly? YES.
  13. L Dempsey: "The institution and the network ... a question of scale" comment on Social Media/Researcher Workflow http://bit.ly/fdRjHf #bu
  14. CHE: "Going Paperless at Conferences" by Mark Sample | http://bit.ly/f7FH7t #bu
  15. NSF - SBE 2020: Future Research in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences | http://bit.ly/gc3Adu