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On reading and design
2008-05-11 11:39:42
I was reading a piece in the Columbia Journalism Review by Ezra Klein, The Future of Reading, which explores his experiences with a Kindle, and - more generally - with reading on something that is not paper-based. Klein quotes William Powers’s brilliant essay “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Why Paper Is Eternal,” (pdf) which considers the evolution of paper and the way it has subtly shaped not only the way we read, but what we read. A little later he goes on to say: The problem is that the Kindle tries to compete too directly with paper. It attempts to electronically mimic the experience of reading a book. But the book is very, very good at providing the experience of reading a book. That is when it struck me! Clever as all the e-book reading devices are, their essential problem - which inhibits their uptake by the reading public - is that they have evolved from the computer family (laptops, personal digital assistants - PDAs and so on) and not from the book, or even from paper. They do ...

Scholarly Communications Report: e-books
2008-05-09 14:35:27
The UK JISC Scholarly Communications Working Group commissioned a report, delivered recently (March 2008) by Key Perspectives Ltd on Key Concerns within the Scholarly Communications Process (Word doc). The report was asked to produce a ‘big picture’ overview of scholarly communication at the present time, exploring with researchers and other stakeholders the four areas of concern, reporting on the findings and giving a series of practical recommendations for action. As such it dealt mostly with e-journals and open access ("There is little evidence of real engagement of senior management with issues around new forms of scholarly communication, despite the profound changes that are taking place and the effect these may have on the institution"), but also looked at research data and e-books, and at copyright and quality/peer review. It is a substantial report, and well worth reading.e-Books receive little attention, primarily because the author believes that, "Researchers in all disci ...

Writings about e-book publishing, 2008
2008-05-02 10:43:23
I can't remember a previous year when I have had so many titles listed in the first 4 months. Admittedly, some are blog postings - but there's some interesting debate going on, and as regular visitors will know, I only select the more discoursive or debatable blog posts!If you need to keep up to date with what is happening in the e-book publishing and library world, this is the place for you! Writings about e-book publishing, 2008 is updated continuously - with links to articles where possible.As you might suppose with the JISC National e-Book Observatory taking place, there will be a number of references to this (just as there was to SuperBook in 2007), and the first report (by Ian Rowlands) is now available.>>Technorati tags: e-books; publishing; libraries; bibliography>>IceRocket tags: e-books; publishing; libraries; bibliography ...

CILIP Council Briefings
2008-05-01 18:13:38
The new-style Council met this week for the 4th time, and now a blog and forum have been set up – as promised – so that short briefing reports on the Council's current work can be posted.The Blog - Council Matters - can be found at: http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/council/default.aspxThe Forum (CILIP members only) can be found at:http://communities.cilip.org.uk/forums/117/ShowForum.aspxIn due course, members will be able to read the full Minutes on the CILIP website Council pages (again, CILIP members only) >>Technorati tags: CILIP; governance; Council briefings>>IceRocket tags: CILIP; governance; Council briefings ...

Quote of the Month... or Year
2008-04-17 20:11:53
From The Register:BT's secret Phorm trials open door to corporate eavesdropping One was subsequently told over email by an official: "It is important to remember that private companies such as ISPs are allowed to do certain things under section 3 of [the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act] that Law Enforcement Agencies cannot do without permission."I have absolutely no comment.I am still in shock.Or am I not really surprised? ...

New article on e-books
2008-04-07 09:58:49
By way of reporting myself back from working in Ghana, let me report on a new article on e-book aggregators!My colleague, Ray Lonsdale and I recently undertook a small piece of research for an article which has just appeared in the April - 7 (4) - edition of CILIP's Library + Information Update. Our aim was to bring together an overview of e-book aggregators - we didn't have the space for a full comparision, so in a 'comparative review' we have highlighted the various strengths and described approaches.The article, Aggre-culture: what do e-book aggregators offer, appears on pages 28 - 33...And it is clearly my month for being published as I am quoted by Tim Buckley Owen on page 1 of Gazette (Pricing and standards hamper e-book take-up) and a re-hash of my paper from the Talis Conference has appeared in Panlibus: Total Resources are not Standard Resources (p9)!Executive-Travel-Middle-East Don't forget - to keep up to date with e-book articles, visit my Writings about e-book publishing, ...

Quick Update on UK ID Cards
2008-03-06 09:54:43
The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, was interviewed on ID Cards a few moments ago on Radio 4's 'Today Programme' - apparently students are going to be among the first targetted groups...We were assured that there would be no compulsion within the life of this government, but Jacqui Smith did NOT address questions on:bad data - what happens if data are incorrectly entered, etc - how will this inconvenience individuals having their ID checked?the sharing of data in the National Identity Register with other government agenciesShe avoided responding to a question about whether it would look suspicious if you chose not to have an ID card...... and nobody mentioned the cost!>>Technorati tags: NIR; ID Cards; government>>IceRocket tags: NIR; ID Cards; government ...

Whither IWR?
2008-03-05 10:07:40
Or, "Withered IWR"The latest issue of Information World Review fell through my letterbox... well, actually, drifted, feather-like to the floor beneath my letterbox... and I wondered:Where's it all gone?I have been a reader and fan of IWR for around 30 years, during which time it has had a half-dozen or so make-overs, each resulting in a less vibrant, less relevant, less informative product. No make-over in style this time, but seemingly a new editor, and the latest issue ran to 24 small pages... of which, eight and a half are advertising, seven are longer articles, and six offer us some - not much - news.I have to wonder if the new slimmed-down version has any value at all - news stories already published on blogs, light-weight journalism: scholarly search - good; health information - good; profile of BL University Challenge star - what? financial/business information - too short to be worthy.And the unintentional irony of the editorial, which talked about 'information rich content'.Is ...

It's eBook Week again!
2008-03-04 00:14:06
... and we are reminded of this by, e.g. Epublishers Weekly, in their latest post, 30 Benefits of Ebooks. And there are 30, too!Slightly strangely, the Benefits are copyright - © 2008 by Michael Pastore... which presumably means I can only quote 3 here! Most of them are pretty obvious: searchable, portable, update-able, "defy space" (I thought "save shelf space" but it seems that this means they can be read by many people at one time - defy the time-space continuum of StarTrek, I suppose), and so on. But all worth repeating, just so libraries, readers and publishers get the message.But I have to take issue with number 14 - e-books are free. Some may be - like the cited Project Gutenberg - but as a generalisation, it is very 'Dumas'. As in "All generalisations are dangerous, even this one." You have to pay for some e-books. Others are licensed.And on a day that I have discovered both Hypertextopia and the First Monday article, Open access book publishing in writing studies: A case stu ...

Big Brother is SO watching you little Bro'
2008-02-14 20:44:52
Information World Review revealed today, that in an experiment which apparently started in 2006,The UK government is to create a database that will hold the academic achievements of every citizen from the age of 14. The system has been under trial since 2006 and will allow colleges, universities and future employers to check whether prospective candidates have the qualifications they claim. and of course, although no one has yet said so, this data will be linked (if the system ever works) to all that other data that the government will hold on you (medical, criminal...) and to the National Identity Register.At least it may stop all those e-mail offering me a cheap PhD in 7 days. >>Technorati tags: personal data; government; NIR>>IceRocket tags: personal data; government; NIR ...
Brother

Are ID Cards just a little taxing?
2008-01-31 16:13:12
For those of us who have been publishing views which are anti-ID Cards, there seems to be a whiff of vindication in the air. We have said (among other things) that ID Cards:will not provide the security that is their raison d'etrewill not workwill cost individuals real moneyInformation World Review (IWR) - Confusion reigns over UK ID cards - Backers jump ship and memos leak - has revealed that two 'key backers' have pulled out of the project, and that finger-print data may not now be included for cost reasons. Surely without biometrics all you have is a bit of plastic with your name on? How secure is that?Meanwhile, sister publication VNU.com has noted that:Academics at the London School of Economics have warned that the cost of an ID card is likely to be around £300, and could soar to as much as £500. They estimate that the project cost may rise to a "staggering £19bn" rather than the already high published figure of £5.8bn.So while the project may be taxing the minds of ministers ...

Clarion Call for Libraries
2008-01-13 16:42:21
I'm just catching up with my (probably far too many) blogs -reminded of a David Weinberger post from 2005, "No, I'm not keeping up with your blog" (if he thought that then...) - but I have just read - nearly missed it - a posting on Kindle News: Why not Rent-A-Book for Kindle, and it struck me that libraries (public, university, whatever) could be missing a chance here. It's what we do. We lend books.Now Kindle is clearly a lost cause for us as it's linked - without question - to buying books on Amazon and doesn't seem likely to reach the UK for a decade or so, but what about the iRex iLiad (of which I have spoken before, and which is gradually getting more press over here - it even has its own blog now: i to i blog and a wikipedia entry). I often say that I can see a time when students might arrive for their library induction and ask to have their year's reading downloaded onto their reader, and that this would require some careful licensing - lending e-books on readers' readers (i ...
Libraries

Public Libraries
2008-01-11 10:08:43
Following on from Bob's most recent blog about the other Bob's book, which he linked to CILIP and professionalism in public libraries (he did get a bit carried away in the middle with Che Guevara and James Bond(!), but the essential message that in 2008 CILIP will make professionalism a major issue is very clear)...I wanted to point to a Panlibus post which highlights MLA Chief Executive Roy Clare, who spoke so well at Talis Insight, appeared on yesterday's edition of the Radio 4 You and Yours programme (podcast). I missed this, but the BBC had had early sight of the CIPFA annual report of the audit of UK public libraries, which mentioned the 10% reduction in income and the (much publicised in recent newspapers, e.g. The Independent, The Telegraph) 40 libraries which closed during 2007. Roy Clare was also bullish about the importance and value of public libraries, and noted that comparisons with Amazon were a "simplistic way of looking at it".>>Technorati tags: CILIP; MLA; public libr ...
Libraries

Oh! For Goodness Sake!
2007-11-28 21:07:40
Well, that was my first reaction when I read David Rothman's headline - E-books will take off only when they’re free, says New York Times’ Futurist in Residence - in TeleRead.And what is a Futurist-in-Residence? The picture of Michael Rogers in TeleRead suggested we do not take this Eric Morecambe-like figure with his suit collar turned up in a rakish way very seriously, but this was quickly dispelled by his home page which describes him as: One of the nation's leading experts on the impact of technology on business and society, he is Futurist-in-Residence for The New York Times Company, as well an interactive media pioneer, novelist and journalist. (Jacket collar firmly down!) But - following on so soon from my last post, I was still irritated at the quote - just one of nine predictions in a Sky news report - until I read The TeleRead take: Ad-supported books would be helpful, given many surfers’ identification of E with “free.” It's not the wrong prognosis, it's the right ...

if:Book or if:e-book - arguments for and against e-book readers
2007-11-28 16:25:09
Whenever the debate turns to e-book readers – and especially, of late, the Kindle – people seem to divide sharply for or against, with few concessions. By way of clarification, as a library/information consultant I am largely ‘for’ e-book readers – I can see plenty of advantages and uses, but can also see some faults – or improvements that should be made.Siva Vaidhyanathan (according to Wikipedia) is a cultural historian and media scholar, and is currently an associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia. … and is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for the Future of the Book. Last Friday, ben vershbow posted Thoughtful comments from Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Kindle on if:Book, being the tail end of Siva's own posting on The Googlization of Everything: Amazon's new book reader destined to fail. Among other things, Siva says (referring to the Newsweek article he quotes): And, as Levy points out in the article ...
Book

An answer to the Google Book Search conundrum?
2007-11-28 15:00:17
Frank Pasquale posted Conditions for the Digital Library of Alexandria on his blog a few days ago - it is a considered response to Google (and other) major digitisation projects.His thesis is that, given that there are several of these major projects dividing up the world's libraries between them, and given that the terms tend to grant to the library whose stock is being digitised access only to their own books ("Those restrictive terms foreshadow potential future restrictions on and tiering of their book search services. "), a solution to the ongoing copyright/fair dealing law cases might be to accept the fair dealing argument if - and only if - the terms grant access to the whole collection. Given the diciness of the fair use case for projects like Google Book Search, courts should condition the legality of such archiving of copyrighted content on universal access to the contents of the resulting database. Landmark cases like Sony v. Universal have set a precedent for taking such br ...
Book Google

Comparison of e-Book readers
2007-11-27 14:30:33
Thanks to Ben for pointing this out, over on Wired's blog: E-Book Readers At A Glance - it says "Old crappy ones not included", but provides a useful quick comparison by size, weight, file types, storage capacity, DRM, battery life, price and special features.Included are the Amazon Kindle; HanLin eReader v3; Sony Reader PRS-505; iRex iLiad; Booken Cybook Gen3; Seiko Epson (no details, not yet out); Fujitsu (no details, not yet out); and the NUUT NO601 (possibly Korea only).>>Technorati tags: ebooks; readers>>IceRocket tags: ebooks; readers ...
Book

Does anyone really read in the bath?
2007-11-23 21:22:05
or: "The most amazing thing about e-book readers"... is?Yes, you've guessed it - the scared, defensive attitudes of reviewers, almost all of whom say or write "... but would you want to read it in the bath?"What?!!Listen.No one is suggesting that e-book readers will replace paper books. Now, or soon, or ever! No one wants to read them in the bath. No one thinks that they are better than - or even as good as - paper books. No one thinks that bookshelves are doomed to end up on the bonfire. Libraries are not dead.e-Book readers are simply another tool of the digital age. Like the iPod. Another way to listen to music; to carry a lot of music around with you. Another way to carry books (well, a small library, actually) around with you... in what is really a very accessible, readable, usable, useful format.e-Book readers - Amazon's Kindle, for example - can hold a library of around 200 titles (as well as personal documents) in a format that can be easily used, is VERY portable, and allows t ...
Bath

Kindling enthusiasm: the Amazon reader
2007-11-22 15:21:55
Walt at Random is known for its incisive comment - today's post, Food pills and the Kindle, notes that while thankful for many things, I’m also thankful that I’m not really writing about ebooks and ebook devices these days. ‘Cause then, you know, I’d probably want to write something about the Kindle (do you really need a link?). and then enjoys himself commenting on the commenting on the Kindle! Meanwhile, if:book in of razors and blades, also borrows from others (as do I... and as will we all in the UK, if the Kindle doesn't get here soon!). There is concern in some quarters that Amazon haven't gone down the standards route and embraced .epub [the International Digital Publishing Forum's new standard format] -but why should they? It is a standard in name only and Amazon surely don't need its imprimatur with c.90,000 titles already available.TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home has excerpts from some of the many US Kindle owner’s reports - naturally there are happy owners an ...
Amazon

If you are the Government...
2007-11-22 09:58:06
... it seems that 'might is right' - of course, this isn't news, but in the light of the HMRC embarrassment, it is interesting to see just how far tunnel vision and supreme confidence in your actions (which might also be seen as ignorance and arrogance) can take you. (Obviously the ultimate answer is 'to war' but lets not go down that route now.)Thanks to The Open Rights Group for their post yesterday: HMRC fiasco: Government “not interested” in expert warnings, which reported on Professor Ross Anderson's (UK computer security expert and Chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research) appearance on Newsnight . ORG say: He labelled the fiasco “an accident waiting to happen”, and calmly, methodically, indicted the Government for brushing aside the advice of security experts who have been warning them against the centralised, top-down approach they have been taking to electronic government... and go on to provide the details.I seem to remember that ID cards and the N ...
Government

e-Book Reader in the news
2007-11-20 00:31:35
Slightly delayed (just to keep us guessing!), but now on nearly every blog, Amazon's offering - the Kindle - is set to launch on Monday (and, I presume, in the UK shortly after that...).TeleRead has several offerings: Amazon-sized ego? Kindle to shun .epub? And, yes, the ugly box is the FINAL design (IS it that ugly? Not sure it needs the keyboard, but...); PDF capabilities in Kindle: Newsweek puff job reveals more details (yes the Newsweek article IS worth reading - it extends to 7 pages and moves on to discuss more than the Kindle) and - again - Huh? The Kindle e-reader ISN’T ugly? So says Steve Levy, author of Newsweek puff piece—in response to my Publishers Weekly blog. Print is Dead offers Amazon’s Next of Kindle: new eBook device debuts and if:Book offers amazon kindle due out monday and another reference to the Newsweek article: newsweek covers the future of reading (as does iLibrarian: Amazon’s E-Book Reader). Even Talis' panlibus is a little bit excited with Am ...
Book News

CILIP: new governance - new Council
2007-11-12 21:18:37
Those of you who have followed the story over the last two years, can at last find a resolution as CILIP moves into an era of new governance. During the remainder of November, members are asked to vote for 12 of the 14 nominated prospective Councillors who will take up their posts on January 1st 2008. The 14 possible Trustees are:Chris ArmstrongJudy Broady-PrestonPaul ClarkeVeronica FraserIsabel HoodAyub KhanDion LindsayNigel MacartneyLiz MacLachlanCaroline Moss-GibbonsDiana NuttingCaroline OadesBruce RoyanEdwina Smartand their Manifestos and supporting statements from their nominators areall athttp://www.cilip.org.uk/... /nominations/Furthermore, all the candidates are involved in a special debate within the 'CILIP - the organisation' forum, at:http://communities.cilip.org.uk/forums/thread/7287.aspxThis is your chance to find out about the candidates, raise issues, and ask them questions.As Bruce Royan said in LIS-Profession, Do get involved - and especially - do vote!!>>Technorati ta ...
Council Governance

Electronic paper and e-book readers
2007-11-12 21:03:20
Just a little bit slow in catching up with this ... but I was away last week at the Talis Insight Conference in Birmingham, of which, more later.Have you ever wondered what makes the latest generation of e-book readers different from earlier versions? Well, apart from increased storage capacity that coul doffer up to 200 titles in a device the size of a paperback book... it's the e-paper / e-ink technology that offers readers book pages that come close - quite close, really - to a print-on-paper reading experience. And what does that mean? Well, iRex - makers of the iLiad - explain all in their blog: What makes our electronic paper displays different?To understand the difference we first need to take a closer look at the different components of an EPD and for simplicity sake we will separate the following components...EPD? That's electronic paper display to you and me! A useful read (in fact, the iRex blog is always worth watching) for anyone pondering on the possibilities of e-book ...
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Is this how we'll read soon?
2007-10-30 09:39:48
Recently, I noted that I thought some of the social e-books sites (such as The Institute for the Future of the Book's 'Gamer Theory' e-book site) are more about the writing process than the reading of a published book.Now I have discovered (thanks to an if:book post, unbound reader) that another organisation has been working on an e-book model which is both ALL about reading and about reading socially. The Book Glutton blog, Frontmatters, has announced the beta version of Book Glutton with a short 'How it Works' YouTube video. And very impressive it looks too... at a glance, I would suggest that they have got at least some of the visual semiotics right.The Unbound Reader... has a web-based format where users can read and discuss the book right inside the text... It also has shared annotations, so people can leave a comment on any paragraph and other readers can respond. Centre-screen is a facsimile book page with simple and straightforward tools for navigation from book section to se ...

Prime Minister and the private sector non sequitur
2007-10-30 00:49:29
IWR reported today on Gordon Brown's "talks tough on data sharing" - behind his curious non-sequitur: "We should not fear the advent of the information age, and it should not lead us to abandon or fear for our values," lay some good news (possibly). Only half a dozen years after a consultancy exercise about the sharing of public data, which came with the message that while we would be listened to, it was unlikely that anything we said would make a jot of difference, it seems that there may be hope that our data (as in: data ABOUT us) could be used and stored responsibility... perhaps even applying the Data Protection Act (although the prime minister's talk didn't seem to go quite that far):The prime minister called for a review on the way data is held in the public and private spheres. "I believe we need a wider debate across the public and private sectors about the right form of independent oversight and parliamentary scrutiny and safeguards," he said. IWR went on:Parliamentary legis ...
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Whither bookness
2007-10-26 12:53:16
The Kathleen Fitzpatrick article I referred to in my last posting, talks about "the tyranny of the book" (Stallybrass) and "bookness" - her word for what I have called 'book-like'. She notes: Stallybrass suggested, almost as an aside, that the book is a production, finally, of the binder. This is a point I’d like to dwell on a bit, as it suggests that the bookness of the book derives less from its material composition — ink-on-paper — than from its organization, the sequenced, bound, and cut leaves... Turning our material focus from print to binding as the source of bookness holds significant implications for scholars working on new, electronic modes of textuality, and in particular, on the future of the book. For if this is the case — that the formal properties of the book that have the greatest impact on our reading experience are derived not from print, but rather from the codex — one might suggest that researchers working on new ways of transforming ink-on-paper to pixels ...

Scrolling the Scroll: e-Books beyond 2007
2007-10-25 17:51:08
Following on from my last posting on the definition of e-books, and the appropriateness of my term ‘book-like’, I was struck by a sentence in an article by Kathleen Fitzpatrick: New (Social) Structures for New (Networked) Texts. She wrote, [Peter] Stallybrass notes the irony in digital textuality’s regression from the kinds of manipulation that the codex made possible, reimposing the limitations of the scroll on our reading practices. It is not the first time that I have noted that so-called added-value features, much-vaunted by publishers, struggle to maintain the functionality of print-on-paper books. The 600-year old book model has served us very well, but that does not mean that its look-and-feel should be replicated in some way on the screen: this simply leads to something that is neither fish nor fowl. The model may be so familiar that we do not need instructions in its use, but copy that model to the screen and – instantly – the visual clues and automatic responses ar ...
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What will a book be? What CAN a book be?
2007-10-22 18:38:53
In an upcoming article (Journal of Librarianship and Information Scicence, 2008), I have suggested a "definitive definition" of the term e-book. Mostly because I encounter so many misunderstandings, but also because there seems to be no accepted definition. My definition is: Any content that is recognisably ‘book-like’, regardless of size, origin or composition, but excluding serial publications, made available electronically for reference or reading on any device (handheld or desk-bound) that includes a screen. While reading an entry - ted nelson is still on the job - in if:book, I had pause to wonder whether that phrase of mine, "book-like" was such a good idea, whether it would withstand the tests of time. Ted Nelson's ideas are essential to engage with if we're thinking seriously about how we compose and read using computers. His central thesis (which is strangely echoed by Gary Frost's comments on this blog) is that from Xerox PARC on, electronic documents have been design ...
Book

Aberystwyth University news
2007-10-22 18:01:46
Since I gained my degree at the College of Librarianship Wales (CLW), that institution has become the Department of Library and Information Studies and the Department of Information Studies of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Now, even that staid organisation has changed! As Aber News Online, says:Henceforth The University of Wales Aberystwyth will be known as Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth in Welsh). The new name and corporate identity are formally launched today, 1st October 2007.The Privy Council has approved Aberystwyth University’s new charter and statutes which includes powers to award its own degrees.Professor Noel Lloyd, Vice Chancellor of Aberystwyth University said: “The name change signifies a hugely important milestone in the University’s distinguished history. It demonstrates our ambition and our commitment to continuing to provide a high quality experience for students and staff. This is clearly demonstrated by Aberystwyth’s position as one of ...
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Accessibility Ultimatum Proposed for UK Government Websites
2007-10-22 15:14:56
The e-Government Bulletin - ISSUE 249, 17 October 2007, and blog reports [quoted here in full]:Government websites may be stripped of their 'gov.uk' domain names if they fail to meet tough new standards of accessibility to web users with disabilities, according to confidential draft proposals seen by E-Government Bulletin.The guidelines, entitled 'Delivering inclusive websites: user-centred accessibility', are being drafted by the Central Office of Information, the Whitehall agency which assists public bodies with communications campaigns.If approved, they would mean that existing government sites would have until December 2008 to meet the 'AA' standard set out in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. All new sites would have to confirm immediately."Any new site approved by the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Public Engagement and the Delivery of Service.must conform to these guidelines from the point of publication," the draft guidelines ...
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