Comments on: Spiro, Second Review http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: krowe http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/external-reviews/spiro-second-review/#comment-556 krowe Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:13:27 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=387#comment-556 Barbara Fisher blogs about the obligations of universities (the prospect of UPs and libraries joining forces), assessing PO from a librarian's perspective. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6709721.html?rssid=191 Barbara Fisher blogs about the obligations of universities (the prospect of UPs and libraries joining forces), assessing PO from a librarian’s perspective.

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]]> By: Kathleen Fitzpatrick http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/external-reviews/spiro-second-review/#comment-420 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:24 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=387#comment-420 This, it seems to me, is the $64,000 question: how can self-sustaining scholarly communities be developed and fostered, such that they can take on the kinds of responsibility -- and labor -- that I'm proposing? This, it seems to me, is the $64,000 question: how can self-sustaining scholarly communities be developed and fostered, such that they can take on the kinds of responsibility — and labor — that I’m proposing?

]]> By: Monica McCormick http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/external-reviews/spiro-second-review/#comment-416 Monica McCormick Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:01:28 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=387#comment-416 If you decide to use Vectors as an example, it's worth considering whether that collaborative process can be widely replicated. It is presumably expensive to provide individual design and programming services for each work that appears in Vectors. There are also questions about the long-term viability of the products: if they're created in Flash (as I believe they are) will they be readable in 10 or 50 or 100 years? If you decide to use Vectors as an example, it’s worth considering whether that collaborative process can be widely replicated. It is presumably expensive to provide individual design and programming services for each work that appears in Vectors. There are also questions about the long-term viability of the products: if they’re created in Flash (as I believe they are) will they be readable in 10 or 50 or 100 years?

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