survey on digitization and ETDs

Hello Colleagues,

Has your U.S. university or college begun to plan or implement the retrospective digitization of older (non-ETD) theses or dissertations? If so, you are enthusiastically invited to assist in a research study on the WHY of retrospective digitization. A brief survey on the reasons, perceived benefits and unexpected challenges of retrospective digitization is now underway. It is expected that at least the preliminary results of this survey will be available to share at our national/international ETD conferences in the near future.

At present, the survey is directed at ETD professionals in the United States in order to facilitate correlation of data with institution types based on the Carnegie Classification system. Participants from higher education institutions in other countries are welcome to participate in the study, but their survey data may not be included in all analyses or reports.

If you are willing to participate in this 10-question survey, please click on the link below or paste it into your web browser. Your responses will be kept strictly confidential, and any reports from the research will not identify institutions or individuals.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/retrodig

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This is my brain on mindmap

So I was looking at a way to visualize my web presence, but even beyond that, some of my interests. Mainly this was for fun (yes, I do things like this for fun) but also to help me "see" where my interests are as I explore potential PhD programs.
Here is a start (which you can see at mindomo):

social media presence in images

Ebooks, e-lending, overdrive, & Harpercollins

Info about the controversial decision by HarperCollins to limit Overdrive e-books to 25 checkouts. Essentially this turns overdrive into a rental service.
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Library journal article
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889500-264/harpercollins_overdrive_respond_as_26.html.csp

NYT post
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/a-limit-on-lending-e-books/


HC's response to librarians here:
(shortened to:)
http://is.gd/CMcBdO

..and the ebook users bill of rights:
http://librarianbyday.net/2011/02/28/the-ebook-user%E2%80%99s-bill-of-rights-hcod-ebookrights/