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	Above the Fold June 25, 2009 Vol. 2, No. 21
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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    •   June 11, 2009
   •   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.


   •   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) < http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 > 




http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/erin_mckean_lau.php
Erin McKean Launches Wordnik--the Revolutionary Online Dictionary
TEDBlog   •   June 8, 2009
  •   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.

   •   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) < http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 > 




http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp.php
Turning the Pages Information System
National Library of Medicine    •      •   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.

  •   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) < http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 > 



http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/12/journals
Who Profits from For-Profit Journals?
Inside Higher Ed     •   June 18, 2009
  •     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.
 
    •   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) < http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12  > 




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	  •   June 3, 2009
  •     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.

    •   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) < http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 > 




http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html
How Does Language Shape the Way We Think?
Edge	  •   June 12, 2009
  •     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.

    •   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) < http://hangingtogether.org/?page_id=12 >