Exploring Scholarly Reading through Publisher, Librarian, and Reader Perspectives

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In 2017, The Rebus Foundation embarked on a research and development project to prototype an open, web-based reading system, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Our main goals with this project were to clearly identify and understand the different players involved in the publication, distribution and consumption of scholarly monographs, and to explore how Open Web technologies could improve scholars’ access to, and interaction with, scholarly monographs. We've summarized our research findings in this report. Visit rebus.foundation to learn more about the Rebus Foundation and our projects. You can also contact us at hi@rebus.foundation.

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This text introduces copyright, publishing formats, note-taking formats, citation styles, source evaluation, library organization, library resources and services, and effective search practices using online databases and Internet search engines.

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This is a practical guide to college-level research for freshman, to prepare them for research projects in all disciplines. Topics include an introduction to copyright, publishing formats, note-taking styles, reading tips for advanced information, citation styles and source evaluation. The text leads students through the research process, from selecting a topic, locating and evaluating sources for credibility, developing a citation for each source and guidance about compiling the material using APA (7th ed.) and MLA (8th ed.) standards.

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This text introduces copyright, publishing formats, note-taking formats, citation styles, source evaluation, library organization, library resources and services, and effective search practices using online databases and Internet search engines.

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This is a practical guide to college-level research for freshman, to prepare them for research projects in all disciplines. Topics include an introduction to copyright, publishing formats, note-taking styles, reading tips for advanced information, citation styles and source evaluation. The text leads students through the research process, from selecting a topic, locating and evaluating sources for credibility, developing a citation for each source and guidance about compiling the material using APA (7th ed.) and MLA (8th ed.) standards.

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This text introduces copyright, publishing formats, note-taking formats, citation styles, source evaluation, library organization, library resources and services, and effective search practices using online databases and Internet search engines.

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This is a practical guide to college-level research for freshman, to prepare them for research projects in all disciplines. Topics include an introduction to copyright, publishing formats, note-taking styles, reading tips for advanced information, citation styles and source evaluation. The text leads students through the research process, from selecting a topic, locating and evaluating sources for credibility, developing a citation for each source and guidance about compiling the material using APA (7th ed.) and MLA (8th ed.) standards.

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A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB is specifically designed for students with no programming experience. However, students are expected to be proficient in First Year Mathematics and Sciences and access to good reference books are highly recommended. Students are assumed to have a working knowledge of the Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows operating systems. The strategic goal of the course and book is to provide learners with an appreciation for the role computation plays in solving engineering problems. MATLAB specific skills that students are expected to be proficient at are: write scripts to solve engineering problems including interpolation, numerical integration and regression analysis, plot graphs to visualize, analyze and present numerical data, and publish reports.

Principles and foundations for the digital era

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The book goes beyond the surface to explain why AECO digitization matters with respect to information. It presents information in the framework of representation, introduces a semantic typology of data and connects process to information management, towards a coherent and transparent theory of building information for the digital era.

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Digitization in AECO is in a transitional phase. On one hand, technologies like BIM finally introduce symbolic representation and, on the other, there is an unhealthy and unproductive attachment to outdated, analogue practices and documents. The book goes beyond the surface to explain why digitization matters with respect to information. It presents information in the framework of representation, introduces a semantic typology of data and connects process to information management, towards a coherent and transparent theory of building information for the digital era.

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This book provides students with an introduction to the skills needed to succeed in Data Science.

Fundamentals and principles

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The book presents a coherent theory of building information, focusing on its representation and management in the digital era. It addresses issues such as the information explosion and the structure of analogue building representations to propose a parsimonious approach to the deployment and utilization of symbolic digital technologies like BIM.

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This book introduces students to Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email management. The text covers basic concepts of creating word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation materials for the workplace.

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This book introduces students to Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email management. The text covers basic concepts of creating word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation materials for the workplace.

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ISBN: 978-1-990641-46-6

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This book introduces students to Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email management. The text covers basic concepts of creating word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation materials for the workplace.

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This book introduces students to Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email management. The text covers basic concepts of creating word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation materials for the workplace.

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Intro to Computer Applications or Business Computers for Office 365

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Concepts and practices in business technology

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Concepts and practices in business technology, including utilities, applications, issues, trends, and workplace competencies.

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"A Byte of Python" is a free book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience. If all you know about computers is how to save text files, then this is the book for you. There are many translations of the book available in different human languages.

CESBA Pilot - LBS Digital Curriculum

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This curriculum is designed to introduce the basic concepts needed to explore the digital world, to create learner-confidence, and to be a launching pad for further study. You can download PDF versions of this resource and the Practitioner Guide from the appendix or fom here: cesba.com/cesba-launches-lbs-digital-curriculum.

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The goals of CESBA’s LBS digital materials are as follows: to standardize all digital vocabulary and jargon to create a better understanding of technology to offer a step by step approach for the learner that offers an independent learning experience and also provides talking points for the learner and practitioner to introduce the basic concepts needed to explore the digital world, to create learner-confidence, and to be a launching pad for further study to include activities and worksheets that help the learner recognize digital language and assist in remembering the steps to complete computer tasks

You can download PDF versions of this resource and the Practitioner Guide here: cesba.com/cesba-launches-lbs-digital-curriculum

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Any user should ensure they read the GNU Free Documentation license in its entirety.

A history of Cooperating Libraries in Consortium, 1969-2019

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Although C# is derived from the C programming language, it introduces some unique and powerful features, such as delegates (which can be viewed as type-safe function pointers) and lambda expressions which introduce elements of functional programming languages, as well as a simpler single class inheritance model (than C++) and, for those of you with experience in "C-like" languages, a very familiar syntax that may help beginners become proficient faster than its predecessors. Similar to Java, it is object-oriented, comes with an extensive class library, and supports exception handling, multiple types of polymorphism, and separation of interfaces from implementations. Those features, combined with its powerful development tools, multi-platform support, and generics, make C# a good choice for many types of software development projects: rapid application development projects, projects implemented by individuals or large or small teams, Internet applications, and projects with strict reliability requirements. Testing frameworks such as NUnit make C# amenable to test-driven development and thus a good language for use with Extreme Programming (XP). Its strong typing helps to prevent many programming errors that are common in weakly typed languages.

C is the most commonly used programming language for writing operating systems. The first operating system written in C is Unix. Later operating systems like GNU/Linux were all written in C. Not only is C the language of operating systems, it is the precursor and inspiration for almost all of the most popular high-level languages available today. In fact, Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby are all written in C. By way of analogy, let's say that you were going to be learning Spanish, Italian, French, or Portuguese. Do you think knowing Latin would be helpful? Just as Latin was the basis of all of those languages, knowing C will enable you to understand and appreciate an entire family of programming languages built upon the traditions of C. Knowledge of C enables freedom.

This book is a guide to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), a technique widely used in web pages including Wikipedia to describe their visual style and appearance. CSS can take HTML to new places creatively and functionally. Once you learn how to style mark-up, you can additionally learn JavaScript functions that make dynamic web pages.

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This book goes over a wide range of cataloging schemata, tools, and norms. It presents a concise but thorough view of the basics of library cataloging practice.

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