Library News: Ebrary downtime this weekend

From Ebrary, “ebrary will be performing site maintenance for two hours starting at 10:00 AM US Pacific Standard Time (UTC – 8) on Saturday February 06, 2010. While we will attempt to minimize user impact, the ebrary service may be unavailable at times during this period.”

Educause: National Broadband: Policies & Opportunities for Higher Ed

You can register for this upcoming Educause webinar:

National Broadband: Policies and Opportunities for Higher Education

February 12, 2010 1:00 p.m. ET

Steve Midgley
Director of Education
FCC

Summary

Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Steve Midgley, and the topic will be “National Broadband: Policies and Opportunities for Higher Education”

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The broadband initiatives funded in the act ($7.2 billion) are intended to accelerate broadband deployment across the United States. The Recovery Act authorizes the FCC to create a National Broadband Plan that seeks to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability and establishes benchmarks for meeting that goal.

Steve Midgley heads the FCC’s Education team working on the National Broadband Plan. He will introduce the broadband plan and some of the areas his team has been investigating, including online content; distance learning; standards, transparency, and interoperability; and educational broadband infrastructure.

Media is Plural: American Journalism is busy being reborn

O’Connor, R. (2009, February 4). American Journalism Is Busy Being Reborn. Media is Plaural. Retrieved February 4, 2010, from http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2010/02/04/american-journalism-is-busy-being-reborn/

O’Connor covers the Manhattan form featuring Nichols and McChesney.

Magazine Publishers of America: Covering the Decade in Magazine Covers

Saw this in an UTNE alert.

more about “Magazine Publishers of America – Cove…“, posted with vodpod

RCFP: D.C Circuit temporarily prevents release of Blackwater papers

Zimmerman, M. (2009, February 2). D.C. Circuit temporarily prevents release of Blackwater papers. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved February 4, 2010, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11247

The headline says it all.

PoynterOnline: RTNDA Social Media Guidelines

Tompkins, A. (2010, February 4). New RTNDA Social Media Guidelines help journalists avoid ethical traps. PoynterOnline. Retrieved February 4, 2010, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=177149

Here is a link to the guide.

Chronicle.com: UCLA pulls videos from course sites

Laster, J. (2010, February 2). UCLA pulls videos from course sites after copyright challenges. Wired Campus. Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/University-Pulls-Videos-From/21013/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

This article follows the one from last week by Inside Higher Ed (see below).

The Open Video Alliance will have a “Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig” on 2/25/10 from 6-7 pm ET.

Against the Grain: the trend towards print on demand (POD)

Tafuri, N. (2009, December 22). Libraries’ Changing Buying Habits: So Many Books, So Little Money. Against-the-Grain.com. Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://www.against-the-grain.com/2009/12/v-21-5-libraries-changing-buying-habits-so-many-books-so-little-money/

Discusses the trend towards POD (Print on Demand) bookselling.

TNR.com: Lessig on “Google copyright, and our future”

Lessig, L. (2010, January 26). For The Love Of Culture. TNR.com. Retrieved February 2, 2010, from http://www.tnr.com/article/the-love-culture

Thanks for Gary for posting this to VIDEOlib  (& the Inside Higher Ed piece).   Lessig discusses documentary filmmaking amongst other things.  I’ve not read it in full just yet.

WSJ: Toyota’s sticky situation

Kate Linebaugh.  (2010, February 1). Toyota Plans Aggressive Fix for Pedals — Dealers Told Part Could Arrive This Week to Repair 2.3 Million Vehicles in Sudden-Acceleration Recalls. Wall Street Journal  (Eastern Edition),  p. B.1.  Retrieved February 2, 2010, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 1951574861).

Another PR Case study.  IC folks can access the article here.

Inside Higher Ed: Hitting pause on class videos

Kolowich, S. (2009, January 26). Hitting Pause on Class Videos. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved February 2, 2010, from http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/26/copyright#Comments

The comments add a lot to the discussion.  I agree with Mitrano’s concerns.

Poynter.org: what iPad means for journalism

Myers, S. (2009, January 27). What Apple’s iPad means for journalism design, multimedia & business. PoynterOnline. Retrieved January 28, 2010, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176756

Myers surveys his Poynter colleagues for their thoughts.

Chronicle: Howard Zinn dies at 87

Howard Zinn, Historian and Activist, Dies at 87. (2009, January 28). Chronicle of Higher Eduction / The Ticker. Retrieved January 28, 2010, from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Howard-Zinn-Historian-and/20893/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

R.I.P. to Howard Zinn.

Remembrance by Rory O’Connor (mediachannel.org)

Ithacappella – Pants On The Ground

One of the reasons I.C. rocks!   I’ll be watching American Idol. Here is the Tweet alert.

more about “Ithacappella – Pants On The Ground“, posted with vodpod

Ragan.com: How PR professionals find journalists on Twitter

Porter, J. (2010, January 27). How to identify journalists who are active on Twitter | Article | Homepage articles. Ragan.com. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://www.ragan.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=5AA50C55146B4C8C98F903986BC02C56&tier=4&id=02E83C63AF3E42788B5EE31C48471003&AudID=3FF14703FD8C4AE98B9B4365B978201A

Mentions: MediaonTwitter, Muck Rack, Journalist Tweets, Twellow, and WeFollow, JustTweetIt, etc.

paidContent: media measurement consortium update

Kaplan, D. (2010, January 26). Media Measurement Consortium Adds Microsoft, Gannett, Hearst | paidContent. paidContet. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-media-measurement-consortiums-membership-drive-continues-microsoft-gann/

Update in CIMM: Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement.

Forbes.com: Apple’s tablet and advertisers

Burkitt, L. (2009, January 26). Apple’s Tablet: A Big Opportunity For Advertisers – Forbes.com. Forbes.com. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/26/apple-tablet-advertising-steve-jobs-cmo-network-tablet-ads.html

The return of ad dollars will hopefully assist newspapers and magazines.  Here’s a quote:

Forms of advertising that have become stale, such as catalogs and circulars, may experience a comeback, says David Berkowitz, senior director of emerging media and innovation at interactive agency 360i, recently acquired by Japan’s Dentsu Holdings USA. Says he: “Everything has the potential to be more interactive and will be able to give a richer experience.”

PoynterOnline: Couric and coverage with a POV

Tenore,, M. J. (2010, January 26). Couric: ‘People want Coverage that has a POV’. PoynterOnline. Retrieved January 26, 2010, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176570

Great interview by Tenore of Couric on interviewing, audience expectations, and other lessons on being a journalist today.

HBR / Justin Fox: Sup Ct ruling: what would Friedman say?

Fox, J. (2010, January 25). The Supreme Court’s Ruling: What Would Milton Friedman Say?. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved January 26, 2010, from http://blogs.hbr.org/fox/2010/01/the-supreme-courts-ruling-what.html

Here is an excerpt:

The ideal for-profit corporation, on the other hand, is out to do nothing but make as much money as it can “within the rules of the game.” It is supposed to behave in a fashion that for an individual would probably be described as psychopathic. And if corporations are allowed to play a decisive role in shaping the “rules of the game,” we have effectively put the inmates in control of the asylum.

Media Ed Lab: Digital Workshops

From Renee Hobbs, Prof., Media Education Lab, Temple U:

Digital Workshops for the Digital Nation

Parents and teachers can now develop more confidence in understanding the complex digital culture that children and young people are growing up with, thanks to the Digital Workshops, a new initiative developed by Renee Hobbs and her colleagues at the Media Education Lab, in collaboration with WGBH Frontline.

Over a single generation, the Web and digital media have remade nearly every aspect of modern culture, transforming the way we work, learn and connect in ways that we’re only beginning to understand. Frontline teamed up with the Media Education Lab at Temple University to help educators and parents learn more about the “Digital Nation.” Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it?

Four self-guided interactive online Digital Workshops include opportunities to view, share ideas, take polls and quizzes and learn about multitasking, parenting strategies, 21st century digital education, and learning in virtual worlds. Learn more about the project here.

Regards,

Renee Hobbs, Ed.D.
Professor, Media Education Lab
Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media
School of Communications and Theater
Temple University
Philadelphia PA 19122
Email: renee.hobbs@temple.edu
Phone: (215) 204 4291
Web: http://mediaeducationlab.com