A year Without Print at Princeton, And What We Plan Next
Interesting article (the HTML page links to a smallish PDF file) in which the author discusses Princeton's first year of experimentation with e-journals. The online versions quickly became the versions of choice, with users searching for print publications only if an online alternative was not available. More...
A Framework for Building Open Digital Libraries
I think of these as 'distributed databases' and the intent behind open digital libraries is the same. The idea is that library holdings follow a more or less common architecture, allowing for search and retrieval from multiple repositories. More...
Distributed Interoperable Metadata Registry
This good article takes on the issue of adopting a single metadata standard - Dublin Core, say, or IMS - for all digital objects. Such an approach is neither feasible nor desirable. What the authors propose is a type of interoperable metadata that allows for translations between types of metadata. More...
SBC Survey Looks At World Wide Web's Past, Present And Future On 10-Year Anniversary
Communications services company SBC finds in a survey that the internet will play an increasingly important role in our lives. Of note is the list of ways the internet will improve society. More...
The MS DRM Patent and Freedom to Speak and Think
A strongly worded statement tracing the implications of the recently awarded patent to Microsoft for a Digital Rights Management Operating System. I am in agreement with the main points of this argument. More...
Linotype Gets Heavy Over Free ATM Font Downloads
Do you use the letters of the alphabet on your website or in your online course? If so, you may be in violation of copyright. This absurdity comes courtesy of a company called LinoType. They company has started asserting its ownership over a number of popular fonts, including Cascade, Flora, Frutiger, Helvetica, Isadora, Linotext, Linoscript, Optima, Palatino, Peignot, Present, Shelley and Univers. More...
It's Official: E-Mail Supplants the Printed Letter at the U. of Colorado at Boulder
It was bound to happen. Email has officially replaced printed documents at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Students are required to have a university email account (but they can autoforward their mail to HotMail or whatever, so access isn't really a problem). More...
Selecting IA Components
This post was written with information architects in mind, but it results in an excellent set of guidelines for designers generally. The focus is essentially on the set of attributes to consider when selecting components for an online website or service. More...
The Case for Online Communities
Commentators have in recent months become increasingly sceptical of online communities, citing the number of dot com collapses as evidence for their conclusions. But the evidence belies their scepticism, as this article illustrates. Supported with some telling research, the authors show that community features increase sales and increase customer loyalty in an e-commerce site. More...
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