Sunday, June 05, 2011

Omeka.net - digital collection website

Omeka.net
Omeka.net is a web-publishing platform that allows users to create or collaborate on a website to display collections and build digital exhibitions. Very useful idea to use for student work exhibitions.

Free for All: National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Online at No Charge - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Very good news. More open access to educational material!

Free for All: National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Online at No Charge - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

"the National Academies Press announced it would offer its entire PDF catalog of books for free, as files that can be downloaded by anyone. The press is the publishing arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, and publishes books and reports that scientists, educators, and policy makers rely on."