Category Archives: Digital Content

Virginia Planning a Physics Flexbook

What’s a “Flexbook” you ask?
The Virginia Physics “Flexbook” project is a collaborative effort of the Secretaries of Education and Technology and the Department of Education that seeks to elevate the quality of physics instruction across the Commonwealth. Participating educators will create and compile supplemental materials relating to 21st century physics in an open–source format that [...]

reCAPTCHA Revisited

About a year ago, I wrote about reCAPTCHA and thought it was an interesting alternative to the eye-crossing patterns and letters that many web sites use.  I said “I’m not yet convinced it will work, but it’s an interesting idea.”  Since then, I’ve come across reCAPTCHA on a number of sites and I really like [...]

DRM Dying Slowly and Painfully

Digital Rights Management continues to slowly die.  Sony just announced that it’s ebook reader will soon support the popular .epub book format.  Up until now, users had to purchase titles from the Sony store.  Now other booksellers will be able to provide titles for Sony’s device.  Perhaps library content will be an option.
O’Reilly has begun [...]

Cylons explain DRM

Thanks to Laura Solomon for tweeting this.  Just say NO to DRM!

NYPL is Moving to Drupal

I’ve previously mentioned my preference for content management systems over traditional websites.  We use Drupal at MPOW and it allows almost everyone in our office to easily contribute to our site.
Drupal is also becoming a popular choice for libraries and now the New York Public Library is joining the party.  Josh Greenberg recently posted on [...]