A challenge to new Canadian copyright law

Valiente, G. (2010) New copyright law hits opposition Canada.com, August 23

‘Last week, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Canadian Federation of Students filed an objection with the Copyright Board over a proposed new royalty program. The program was proposed by Access Copyright, a private non-profit body that licenses literary [...]

Graph on costs of U.S. college education

US News (2010) The average costs of a U.S. college education US News, August 24

This is an interactive graph based on figures from the National Center for Educational Statistics for the school year 2007-8 for different types of US college.

The average annual tuition (plus expenses) at a private nonprofit four-year college is [...]

Ontario students’ vision for the Ontario Online Institute

Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2010) The Ontario Online Institute: Students’ Vision for Opening Ontario’s Classrooms Toronto ON: OUSA

OUSA have produced a superb document outlining their position regarding the proposed Ontario Online Institute. While strongly supporting the concept, OUSA raises a whole set of key issues that need to be addressed if the [...]

Using the web for open peer review

Cohen, P. (2010) Scholars test web alternative to peer review New York Times, August 23

Interesting article about the Shakespeare Quarterly‘s experiment in open peer reviewing.

‘The journal posted online four essays not yet accepted for publication, and a core group of experts….were invited to post their signed comments on the Web [...]

Readers read more with e-books?

There was a news item in today’s the Globe and Mail’s Wall Street Journal business section as follows:

Fowler, G. and Baca, M. (2010) Growth of e-books bodes well for reading, Globe and Mail, Toronto, August 25.

The article cites research involving a survey (paid for by Sony) of 1,200 e-reader owners, covering iPad, [...]