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    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/technology/internet/12books.html?_r=2%26em
    Simon & Schuster to Sell Digital Books on Scribd.com

    The New York Times  &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; June 11, 2009
     &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; SUMMARY:
    Out-Amazoning Amazon. Scribd exec Trip Adler says it all: "This
    is the first public endorsement of a major force in publishing
    that the social Web will play a major role in the future of
    book sales." In a challenge to Amazon, the Scribd deal offers
    publishers more money and control over how their content is
    distributed and Adler is hoping more publishers will soon sign
    up.

     &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; COMMENT:
    For me this signifies the immaturity of the consumer
    electronic book market. This seems like a move driven by
    publisher fears--prices for their goods will be set by the
    hardware manufacturers and the e-book distribution channels.
    Think iTunes?

    (Michalko) &lt; http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 &gt;

    http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/erin_mckean_lau.php
    Erin McKean Launches Wordnik--the Revolutionary Online Dictionary
    TEDBlog &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; June 8, 2009
    &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; SUMMARY:
    Not your father's dictionary. The idea of a dictionary that
    evolves with language makes sense--where else could you
    find a word like "hamdemic" (referring to the swine flu
    outbreak)? Check out the interview with McKean and then check
    out the site itself for some fun browsing.

     &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; COMMENT:
    If you haven't had a chance to play with Wordnik yet set aside
    some time. Even in these early days it's a lot of fun and may
    even be en route to usefulness. Some of me pines for the
    comfort of authoritative usage judgments but the richness of
    the living language on display here provides a different kind
    of pleasure. Can't wait to offer up some of our favorite
    Research words and phrases.

    (Michalko) &lt; http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 &gt;

    http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp.php
    Turning the Pages Information System
    National Library of Medicine  &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; SUMMARY:
    Knowledge at your virtual fingertips. Click through to find
    out how the U.S. National Library of Medicine is expanding on
    the Turning The Pages (TTP) technology developed by the British
    Library. Originally designed to provide BL visitors virtual
    access to rare books, the NLM's version gives home users
    similar access plus links to additional information.

    &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; COMMENT:
    This extension of the turning the pages technology might add
    some value to what otherwise seemed like a lot of work for very
    little in the way of enhanced user experience. I imagine that
    even with this extension it will still be "treasures" that are
    worthy of the investment.
    (Michalko) &lt; http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 &gt;

    http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/12/journals
    Who Profits from For-Profit Journals?
    Inside Higher Ed   &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; June 18, 2009
    &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160;   SUMMARY:
    The times, they are a-changin'. Revolt against commercial
    academic publishers is simmering, according to a recent meeting
    of the American Association of University Professors, who note
    that the complacency which has characterized the
    author-publisher relationship up to now is quickly
    disappearing. Driving the change is the proliferation of
    nonprofit options and the fact that open source publications
    are much more likely to turn up in Google searches, providing
    authors better visibility and a greater chance of being cited.

      &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; COMMENT:
    This is worth noting largely for the evidence it provides that
    the AAUP is pretty late to this debate and busy rehashing
    dimensions of the challenge with which research libraries have
    grappled for years. As Diane and Christine Borgman's research
    has proven: Peer-review is the coin of the realm but the tenure
    payoff is still between commercial covers.
     (Michalko) &lt; http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12  &gt;

    http://www.innovatingtowin.com/innovating_to_win/2009/06/tapping-into-the-innovation-information-ecosystem.htmli/
    Tapping into the Innovation Information Ecosystem
    Innovating to Win	&#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; June 3, 2009
    &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160;   SUMMARY:
    After the flood. We're all drowning in data, which the author
    notes becomes "actionable knowledge only when it's made
    available to knowledge workers in the context of their need,
    at the moment of need, in a form which is compatible with the
    researcher's thought templates." To achieve this goal, every
    organization needs an Innovation Information Ecosystem that is
    knowledge-worker-centric, and that incorporates all sources of
    information, formal and informal, from both inside and outside
    the organization.

      &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; COMMENT:
    You'll recognize a lot of the admonitions we've championed in
    Research in this brief article. "Reorganize knowledge networks
    around the knowledge worker" is functionally equivalent to
    Lorcan's phrase "The 'Library' must build services around user
    workflow."
    (Michalko) &lt; http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 &gt;

    http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html
    How Does Language Shape the Way We Think?
    Edge	&#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; June 12, 2009
    &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160;   SUMMARY:
    The gift of gab. A fascinating study of how language shapes
    our experience of being human -- strongly influencing the way
    we think about time, space, even colors.

      &#160;&#160;&#8226;&#160;&#160; COMMENT:
    This layman's overview of some very sophisticated research is
    worth your time. Thought-provoking. After you've read it
    consider some of the conventions that have characterized your
    experiences online. Why does the browser scroll up and down?
    Why not right to left or vice versa? Why doesn't each screen
    of information sit on top of the next in a stack? Is it because
    Marc Andreesen and the UIUC creators of Mosaic spoke English?
    (Michalko) &lt; http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 &gt;