Content Not Containers
Is there a difference in formatting for different user groups (students/casual users)?
What would the effect of a "system of micropayments" have on intellectual property claims?
Concerning the creation of microcontent ie blogs. What would happen if two people posted similar ideas. How would an intellectual property dispute be resolved?
Do thesis and papers published on blogs get a thorough amount of peer review?
With the trend of e-books. I see a problem of accessability. I think this is highlighted by Amazon's recent removal of 1984 from its e-book list due to copyright issues (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=2). Who controls access to content? How are legal parameters for online resources established. People lost class notes they were recording on Kindle. Where are the lines for intellectual property drawn?
How will the increase in OA decrease financial strain on libraries?
Lied Library
How were upgrades prioritized? Which projects were put on hold or scrapped?
Instead of banning public patrons laptops, wouldn't allowing personal laptops decrease the traffic for academic users?
Information Literacy
The author says students are underprepared and lack good skills to operate in "an information technology intensive culture." Are there statistics on this, what skills does the author deem necessary?
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Hi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the issue of e-books. But I don't think accessibility has only to do with copy right issues. E-books themself are a great way to get the material without the overhead costs. But many books and textbooks aren't available in that format and not because of copy right issues. It's seems that other reasons for this besides copy right is that fact that some materials aren't available because they just aren't popular enough.