La Région a renouvelé la semaine dernière sa convention sur trois ans 2018-2020 avec le Centre national du livre. Cette convention privilégie en particulier, en Bretagne, le soutien aux librairies indépendantes et aux cafés-libraires, parfois les seuls à maintenir une présence culturelle en milieu rural. Plus...
L’Agence Normandie Livre & Lecture a été inaugurée, lundi 11 juin, à l’IMEC de Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe. Elle est soutenue à hauteur de 967 290 € par la Région et de 505 000 € par l’Etat. Plus...
Is books making us stupid? behind the curtain of #rhizo14
Dave Cormier, Dave's Educational Blog, February 6, 2014
This post actually provides a good overview of the first few weeks of the Rhizomatic Learning course, exploring as it does a set of "challenges" posed by Dave Cormier:
I can certainly be frustrated by some of this sort of discussion - when people express concerns. More...
Books: Rome
Various authors, Project Gutenberg, January 27, 2014
Richard Seltzer has been pushing educational eBooks recently, for example this collection on the history of Rome. Which would be nice, but he is charging money for works that are available for free. More...
In 2013, eBook Sales Collapsed... in My Household
Eric Hellman, Go To Hellman, January 2, 2014
Interesting. Eric Hellman observes, "Internationally, ebook sales growth was strong. Print continued its slow decline. Bookstores continued to close. But for some reason, ebook sales in the US stopped increasing. And even started declining!" I have my own suspicions as to the reasons, of course (ranging from pricing to the text-based format). More...
Students saving money with open textbooks
Catherine Loiacono, B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education, January 14, 2014
I'm not sure exactly how an open textbook initiative could fail, but that said, it's still nice to see evidence of success. More...
B&N.com Pulls Plug on E-Bookstore
Oh gosh, I just so want to say, "I told you so." The Barnes & Noble eBook store has shut down with customers given 90 days to download outstanding purchases. More...
As we head into summer, here are some books that come highly recommended. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Authors discuss new book examining the faculty role -- and how professors view their responsibilities. More...
Not long after waking up in Eden for the first time, Adam receives an important assignment. “Out of the ground,” we are told, “the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” Then he goes to sleep and loses the rib, and Eve shows up to keep things interesting. More...
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