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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://library.caltech.edu/collections/chemistry.htm ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Eric F. Van de Velde [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:35 PM To: [email protected] 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. http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com Google Voice: (626) 898-5415 Telephone: (626) 376-5415 Skype: efvandevelde -- Twitter: @evdvelde E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
