Free Online Textbooks

Financially troubled California is among the firsts starting to use open source course material in schools instead of expensive textbooks, says the New York Times.

Instant Book Publishing - Extensions for the News

News is good for marketing 'instant' books about - the latest topics of the news, of course. This piece of The New York Times tells that one month, or only three weeks, is the time gap nowadays between finishing the manuscript and the printed book.

"For generations the publishing industry has worked on a fairly standard schedule, taking nine months to a year after an author delivered a manuscript to put finished books in stores. Now, enabled in part by e-book technology and fueled by a convergence of spectacularly dramatic news events, publishers are hitting the fast-forward button."

MIT Center fo Future Civic Media

About the Center for Future Civic Media

Civic Media Projects

MIT projects

Information Ecology

MIT Communications Futures Program

CFP PAPERS:

The Evolution of RFID Networks: The Potential for Disruptive Innovation

Value Chain Dynamics in the Communication Industry

Overlay Networks and the Future of the Internet

(Identity in an Information-centric Internet )

Stanford Law School: The Center for Internet and Society

CYBERCRIME:

The Information Revolution in 10 years
by Tom Rubin

The revolution will be televised...on YouTube
by Larry Downes

FUTURE OF IDEAS:

Information Technology and Libraries
Tom Zillner, Editor
Book Review here

Nobel Predictions based on ISI Web of Knowledge

How to predict Nobel laureates. The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters says it is the only organization to use quantitative data to make annual predictions of Nobel Prize winners. "A strong correlation exists between citations in literature and peer esteem. Professional awards, like the Nobel Prize, are a reflection of this peer esteem", it argues.

Thomson Reuters: THE SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF THOMSON REUTERS PREDICTS NOBEL LAUREATES

See more: Nobel economics prize: time for a focus on finance?