University of Illinois eTextbook UnConference > June 28-29 2012

Wed Apr 18 12:45:42 EDT 2012

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Colleagues/

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to host a gathering of interested parties to identify and discuss solutions to the challenge facing us with etextbooks and their adoption in higher education.

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To begin the work of understanding and sorting through the many and varied approaches to etextbooks we are convening an Unconference on the topic this summer ... .  The goal of the meeting will be to draw together a broad spectrum of participants exploring provision of etextbooks from a variety of perspectives, whether that be though open access textbooks, vendor-driven solutions or self-publishing. We also hope to attract participants who have not yet ventured into the etextbook realm but are interested in learning more.

As is typical of Unconferences there will not be a formal Call for Papers but instead we will structure a series of talks and discussions based on interest expressed at the opening session of the meeting. Among the topics we expect will be of interest and will be discussed are the following:

  *   Accessibility of extextbooks for students with disabilities and best practices in addressing these
  *   Models of university self-publishing of etextbooks
  *   Evaluating the adoption and impact of etextbooks at your institution
  *   Vendor-driven models of etextbook delivery
  *   Understanding the costs of etextbooks
  *   Open access etextbook solutions
  *   Technical considerations in offering or supporting etextbooks
  *   Policy considerations around etextbook solutions in higher education

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The format of eTextbook Camp will be a 2 day meeting taking pace over 2 days in late June, starting mid-day on June 28th and continuing through 4pm on June 29th..

There will be no cost for the meeting apart from transportation to the meeting and accommodations. [snip]

Meals will be provided. Space is limited and registration will be limited at 75.

Source and links to fulltext available via

[ http://bit.ly/I6dWQk ]

BTW: It's been too many years since I visited my library school alma mater (Class of '75 [Yikes!] [:-)])

Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/

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