Friday, April 23, 2010

The Source: news about digital libraries and library innovations from around the web

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Copyright and wrong

From the Economist website

Why the rules on copyright need to return to their roots.


Digital reading spaces: How expert readers handle books, the web and electronic paper

From the First Monday website


This paper focuses on changing reading characteristics and presents a study among a group of expert readers. Considering technological bases of reading and applying corporeal and material perspectives, this study examines manners in which proficient readers handle printed and digital texts, attempting to explain differences in digital and paper-based reading. This paper reflects on how long-form text can be productively transferred into the digital reading space.

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