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. --Eric.
http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com Google Voice: (626) 898-5415 Telephone: (626) 376-5415 Skype: efvandevelde -- Twitter: @evdvelde E-mail: [email protected] On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Dana Roth <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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