swontech news for march, 2012
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March's podcast includes discussion of the continuing struggle to secure ebooks for library patrons, whether in the public or academic sector. Other topics include the Pew Research Center's latest study on internet search, Apple's new iPad and other digital content news. Tune in!TRANSCRIPT
March 2012
#CILDC
http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23CILDC
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Apple’s New News
• New iPad: 4x Pixels (= 4x Size)
• Larger App File Sizes
• Retina Display, “264 pixels per inch (ppi)”
• iPad2 = $399
http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/http://www.macstories.net/news/this-is-the-new-ipad-our-overview/
Apple’s iPad Con!gurator
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-con!gurator/id434433123?mt=12
AppleTV & the iTunes iCloud
http://www.apple.com/appletv/http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/7/2852114/itunes-in-the-cloud-now-supports-movies
Apple & Ebook Price Fixing?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203961204577267831767489216.html
Pricing Models:Agency Pricing vs.Wholesale Pricing
“Convert higher bitrate songs to...”
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/12/2864555/itunes-10-6-transcoding-options-192kbps-256kbps-ipod-iOS
Neil Young & The 5%
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677694/sundance-!lm-festival-neil-young.jhtmlhttps://www.hdtracks.com/http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Listening_Tests
• 24 bits, 192 khz vs. 16 bits, 44.1 khzhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neil_Young_-_Per_Ole_Hagen.jpg
• Variable bitrate vs. Constant bitrateiTunes: 256kbps CBR AAC Amazon: ~256kbps VBR MP3 Google Play: 320kbps CBR MP3 FreeGal: 256kbps CBR MP3
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/pre-owned-music-lawsuit-2/https://www.redigi.com/buy.html
ReDigi: Marketplace for used MP3s
Harris Poll: E-Reader Ownership Growth Continues in February
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/mid/1508/ArticleId/979/Default.aspxhttp://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/E-readers-and-tablets/Findings.aspx
(Pew)
Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets
http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/downloads/PF_Tablet_Survey_Summary_2012.pdf
Corporate Buyers Thinking iPad
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/03/13/survey-ipads-the-choice-of-84-of-companies-buying-tablets/
30%
Google’s “Play”: Music, Video, Books, Apps
https://play.google.com/storehttp://www.theverge.com/2012/3/6/2848223/google-play-store-rebranded-android-market
Pew Internet: Search Engine Use 2012
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Search_Engine_Use_2012.pdf
Pew Internet: Search Engine Use 2012
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Search_Engine_Use_2012.pdf
Pew Internet: Search Engine Use 2012
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Search_Engine_Use_2012.pdf
Pew Internet: Search Engine Use 2012
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Search_Engine_Use_2012.pdf
Pew Internet: Search Engine Use 2012
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Search_Engine_Use_2012.pdf
Pew Internet: Search Engine Use 2012
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Search_Engine_Use_2012.pdf
Dropbox Gets New Web Interface
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/9/2856829/dropbox-adds-photo-viewer-keyboard-shortcutshttp://db.tt/pEAvGkL (Sign up for Dropbox - Referral link)
SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books (BoB)
http://battleofthebooks.slj.com/faq/
Pinterest: Land of the Lawless?
http://ddkportraits.com/2012/02/why-i-tearfully-deleted-my-pinterest-inspiration-boards/http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyrightlibn/2012/03/pinterest-copyright-and-terms-of-service.html
1. While the way Pinterest functions certainly raises a number of copyright issues, they're not signi!cantly different from the issues raised by many other social sharing sites!
2. A lot of people are talking about how scary the Pinterest terms of service are - but they are not signi!cantly different from those of many other social sharing sites.
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Nook & Library Ebook Checkouts
http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/faq/(By “validate” I mean “authorize”)
Some Random House Ebook Prices Triple
http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/random-house-not-so-random-with-library-ebook-price-increases/http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/03/ebooks/librarians-feel-sticker-shock-as-price-for-random-house-ebooks-rise-as-much-as-300-percent/http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2011/where-do-libraries-!t/ (Audio Recording)
Random House, 2012: “We believe that pricing to libraries must account for the higher value of this institutional model, which permits e-books to be repeatedly circulated without limitation.”
Random House, 2011: “For us, a library book does not compete with a sale. A library book is a sale.”
Public Libraries: Estimated $800 Million per Year
The Agnostic Maybe blog
Elsevier: 36% Pro!t Margins
http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/transitions/?p=720http://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_779ca6a6-2839-11e1-bf49-001a4bcf6878.html
“[W]e have seen faculty taking note of the cost of some e-journal packages and collections of titles, most notably the $2.9 million figure from Purdue when that institution came close to cancelling [sic] their Elsevier package in December.”
A Small Lab: Certeau for Toddlers
http://a-small-lab.com/http://www."ickr.com/photos/a-small-lab/sets/72157629544188361/
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