Professional Reading Shelf
Books
Source: BBC News
Books Get Interactive Makeover
“New Zealand researchers have developed a way to overlay detailed animations and images on textbooks, children’s picture books and any other title that uses illustrations.”
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Information
Source: internetnews.com
Report: 25% of Critical Data is Flawed
“Many major companies are making crucial business decisions based on flawed data, according to a new study from Gartner Inc. More than 25 percent of critical data within Fortune 1,000 companies is incomplete and inaccurate, say analysts from Gartner, a major industry research firm based in Stamford, Conn. Although many executives aren’t even aware that they’re working with flawed data, the ones that do often reach for the wrong technology to fix the situation, reports Ted Friedman, principal analyst for Gartner.”
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Information Systems
Source: IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information
New Report (White Paper), Just Released: Interoperability between Library Information Services and Learning Environments – Bridging the Gaps
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Digitization Projects–Canada
Source: Heritage Canada
Full Text, Virtual Museum of Canada: The Next Generation
A paper by Steve Dietz, Howard Besser, Ann Borda and Kati Gerber (with Pierre L�vy). “This Study Paper was produced in the context of the redevelopment of the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC). The VMC has been a great success since its launch in March 2001. Since then, it has evolved in response to information technologies and the needs of the Network?s members. In order to help us make choices and prepare the ground for further innovation, a group of internal and external experts was mandated to produce a study paper that would stimulate exchanges and debates within the museum and heritage community.”

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