Library Resources



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The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},

Multilingual University &amp; School

where anyone can teach or take a class or course


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Library Resources

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Mobile Device Collections
- includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, images, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

Online Texts
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Select Libraries
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Programs, Applications, Software
Mang. 2010. New BookReader!. Deember 2. Open Library Blog.

Select References
Ashar, Amar. 2010. Berkman Center Announces Digital Public Library Planning Initiative. December 13. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Darnton, Robert. 2011. A Digital Library Better Than Google’s. March 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Google Books' Library Partners. 2011.. (Best viewed in Chrome Browser].

Greenemeier, Larry. 2011. E-book lending services ramping up as e-readers storm the market. February 2. Scientific American.

Helft, Miguel. 2011. Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books. March 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Nesson, Charles. 2010. design opportunity: not extraordinarily complex compared to cataloging the stars. November 21. Cambridge, MA: blogs.law.harvard.edu/nesson

Palfrey, John. 2011. Digital Public Library of America, Session 1 Notes. March 1. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Palfrey, John. 2011. Digital Public Library of America, Session II. March 1. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Palfrey, John. 2011. Digital Public Library of America, Session III. March 1. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Palfrey, John. 2011. Digital Public Library of America, Session IV. March 1. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Rapp, David. 2011. Harvard Library Lab Funds First Round of New Tech Projects. March 10. New York, NY: Library Journal.

Sheehan, Kate. 2011. We're For You, Not Against You: A Librarian's Take On E-book Lending. March 14. publishersweekly.com

Singer, Natasha. 2011. Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race. January 8. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Select Websites
digitalculturebooks. 2011. digitalculturebooks. (digitalculturebooks is an imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library dedicated to publishing innovative work in new media studies and the emerging field of digital humanities. digitalculturebooks seeks to explore all aspects of new media and its impact on society, culture, and scholarly communication and will present work that exhibits and advances the understanding of the relationship between humanities and digital technologies. The imprint aspires to both investigate and demonstrate new forms of scholarly practice in the humanities. digitalculturebooks is an experimental publishing strategy with a strong research component. By making our content available in print and online, we intend to: develop an open and participatory publishing model that adheres to the highest scholarly standards of review and documentation; develop a model for press/library collaboration at Michigan and elsewhere; showcase and extend Michigan's leading role in the development of digital resources; encourage and participate in a national dialogue about the future of scholarly communication). Ann Arbor, MI: Digital Culture Books.

The Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory at Harvard Law School. 2011. The Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory at Harvard Law School. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School.

World University and School Links
Open Access Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Access_Resources

Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
Join the World University and School Google Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.

Digital To Do
Broadcast to radio frequency

Create EMail group for page

Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)

Print

Recommend

Send to phone

Translate

Videophone

In Google Earth
Google Earth.

In Virtual World
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life:

Social Bookmarking
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.

Delicious - http://delicious.com/

Digg - http://digg.com/

Facebook

Google Buzz

Like

Twitter

World University & School subject group

World University & School Share This

TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television

Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:

Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com

Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia

WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses

Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects

Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages

Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums

Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research

Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities

World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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