Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Dan Gillmor Reconsiders Linux on the Desktop [Slashdot] 3:46:57 PM      Google It!.

Openness and Security on Campus [Slashdot] 3:43:55 PM      Google It!.

Humanoid Robot Conducts Beethoven Symphony [Slashdot] 8:57:12 AM      Google It!.

Today's Lesson for College Students: Lighten Up. Colleges are responding to the rising number of students seeking help for stress by offering treatments far beyond traditional medicine. By Sara Rimer. [New York Times: Education] 8:54:24 AM      Google It!.

Linux for iPod Matures [Slashdot] 8:52:35 AM      Google It!.

Sleek New Devices Help Low-Vision Patients See. The Quicklook, an amalgamation of a tiny digital video camera and a four-inch liquid-crystal display screen, acts as an electronic magnifying glass. By Kenneth Chang. [New York Times: Technology] this is an important step toward advanced glasses -- BL 8:50:37 AM      Google It!.

TECHNOLOGIES OF ONLINE LEARNING (E-LEARNING) - Rory McGreal, Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Introduction: This chapter includes an examination of some of the most exciting technologies and features used in online instruction today, and those we may use tomorrow. Education is one of the fastestgrowing economic and social sectors in the world, [Online Learning Update] 8:40:35 AM      Google It!.

Automating permission requests for postprint archiving. Tilburg University has added a very nice feature to its institutional repository. When a journal does not permit postprint archiving, then the repository still includes a record containing a citation and a link to the publisher's priced or for-fee edition. The record also contains an explanation of the publisher's policy, quoting and dating the publisher's own words if possible. With one click, the author can generate a letter to the publisher asking permission to deposit the postprint in the repository. Backend software automatically addresses the letter to the right human contact at the publisher and provides a full citation to the article. The letter concludes, "If I do not hear from you within thirty days I will assume that you have no objections to the above-mentioned request and the electronic copy will then be included in the institutional repository of the University of Tilburg." See this example. Leo Waaijers of Tilburg reminds us that the site is still under construction. [Open Access News] 8:36:00 AM      Google It!.

Browsing the Web, One Sentence at a Time [Slashdot] 8:35:03 AM      Google It!.