Educational Materials/Bibliography by Resource Type

Academic Articles and Papers

Baker, J., 2009. It Takes a Consortium to Support Open Textbooks. EDUCAUSE Review, 44(1). Available at: http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume44/ItTakesaConsortiumtoSupportOpe/163577 [Accessed August 18, 2009].

Bedford, L., 2009. Web-Based Course Content: An Emerging Consideration for Authenticity from a Learner Perspective. Journal of Academic Leadership, 7(1). Available at: http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/536.shtml [Accessed April 10, 2009].

Besen, S.M., 1986. Private copying, reproduction costs, and the supply of intellectual property. Information Economics and Policy, 2(1), 5-22. Available at: http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/iepoli/v2y1986i1p5-22.html [Accessed April 4, 2009].

Breyer, S., 1970. The uneasy case for copyright: A study of copyright in books, photocopies and computer programs. Harvard Law Review, 84(2), 281. Available at: http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=8611070&site=ehost-live&scope=site [Accessed April 23, 2009].

Brown, J.S. & Adler, R.P., 2008. Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0. EDUCAUSE Review, 43(1), 16-20,22,24,26,28,30,32.

Burrus, C.S., 2007. Connexions: An Open Educational Resource for the 21st Century. Educational Technology Magazine: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 47(6), 19-22. Available at: http://cnx.org/news/BurrusEdTecArticle.pdf [Accessed March 24, 2009].

Christensen, C. & Horn, M.B., 2008. How do we Transform our Schools? Education Next, Summer 2008, 12-19.

Clow, K.E. et al., 2007. The Finance Textbook Adoption Process: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Business Research, 7(5), 38-47. Available at: http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=31521152&site=ehost-live&scope=site [Accessed March 12, 2009].

Coase, R.H., 1974. The Market for Goods and the Market for Ideas. American Economic Review, 64(2), 384-91. Available at: http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v64y1974i2p384-91.html [Accessed May 12, 2009].

Cohen, W.M., Nelson, R.R. & Walsh, J.P., 2000. Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (or Not). National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 7552. Available at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w7552 [Accessed May 12, 2009].

Cola, C. et al., 2009. Crossing the K-12 digital divide: Understanding and playing in a complex market. TS Insights, 5(1). Available at: http://www.pwc.com/extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/51A2B147879DA97B852574400011BAAF [Accessed May 5, 2009].

Downes, S., 2007. Models for Sustainable Open Educational Resources. Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 3, 29-44. Available at: http://www.downes.ca/post/33401 [Accessed August 4, 2009].

Dyl, E.A., 1983. A note on price discrimination by academic journals. Library Quarterly, 53, 161-168.

Eilhard, J., 2009. Open Source Incorporated. SSRN eLibrary. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1360604 [Accessed May 1, 2009].

Estelami, H., Greco, A.N. & Wharton, R.M., 2008. The Scholarly Book Buyer's Decision Process: A National Survey of University Faculty Members in the United States. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 40(1), 66-96. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jsp.40.1.66 [Accessed March 9, 2009].

Fister, B., 2008. What If You Ran Your Bookstore Like a Library? The Troubled Book Business Can Learn from Libraries' Willingness to Share. Library Journal, 133(7), 30.

Gans, J.S. & Stern, S., 2009. Is There a Market for Ideas? SSRN eLibrary. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1334882 [Accessed May 15, 2009].

Hatakka, M., 2009. Build it and They Will Come? - Inhibiting Factors for Reuse of Open Content in Developing Countries. The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, 37(5), 1-16. Available at: http://www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/article/viewFile/545/279.

Holdren, J.P., 2008. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being. Science, 319(5862), 424-434. Available at: http://www.sciencemag.org [Accessed March 15, 2009].

Ishii, K. & Lutterbeck, B., 2001. Unexploited Resources of Online Education for Democracy: Why the Future Should Belong to OpenCourseWare. First Monday, 6(11). Available at: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/896/805 [Accessed July 3, 2009].

Jagodzinski, C.M., 2008. The University Press in North America: A Brief History. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 40(1), 1-20. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jsp.40.1.1 [Accessed March 9, 2009].

Lakhan, S. & Khurana, M., 2008. Intellectual property, copyright, and fair use in education. Journal of Academic Leadership, 6(4). Available at: http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/289.shtml [Accessed April 10, 2009].

Lakhan, S.E. & Khurana, M.K., 2007. The State of Intellectual Property Education Worldwide. Journal of Academic Leadership, 5(2). Available at: http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/The_State_of_Intellectual_Property_Education_Worldwide.shtml [Accessed April 10, 2009].

Liebowitz, S.J., 1985. Copying and Indirect Appropriability: Photocopying of Journals. Journal of Political Economy, 93(5), 945-57. Available at: http://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/jpolec/v93y1985i5p945-57.html [Accessed April 4, 2009].

Matkin, G.W., 2008. Open Learning: What Do Open Textbooks Tell Us About the Revolution in Education? Threshold Magazine, Spring 2008, 8-11. Available at: http://cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/docs/ROPs-Matkin-OpenLearning-03-31-09.pdf.

McGeveran, W. & Fisher, W.W., 2006. The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age. Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2006-09. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=923465 [Accessed April 21, 2009].

Oliveira, J.B., 1995. Understanding textbook quality in the USA: How governments distort the market. International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation, 41(6), 481-500. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01263142 [Accessed March 12, 2009].

Ostrom, E. & Hess, C., 2007. Private and Common Property Rights. SSRN eLibrary. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1304699 [Accessed September 16, 2009].

Rikowski, R., 2008. Digital Libraries and Digitisation: An Overview and Critique. Policy Futures in Education, 6(1), 5-21.

Schmidt, J.P. et al., 2009. Peer-To-Peer Recognition of Learning in Open Education. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(5). Available at: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewArticle/641/1389 [Accessed November 16, 2009].

Smith, M. & Elder, L., 2009. Open ICT ecosystems transforming the developing world. Publius Project. Available at: http://publius.cc/open_ict_ecosystems_transforming_developing_world/091809 [Accessed November 2, 2009].

Thompson, J.B., 2005. Survival Strategies for Academic Publishing. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 51(41), B6. Available at: http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i41/41b00601.htm [Accessed May 6, 2009].

Thompson, T.L., Using e-Learning to Bridge the Global Digital Divide: Successes and Challenges from the International Field. World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 2004(1), 989.

Thornton, P.H. & Ocasio, W., 1999. Institutional Logics and the Historical Contingency of Power in Organizations: Executive Succession in the Higher Education Publishing Industry, 1958‐1990. American Journal of Sociology, 105(3), 801-843. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/210361 [Accessed April 10, 2009].

Watt, M.G., 2007. Research on the Textbook Publishing Industry in the United States of America. IARTEM e-Journal, 1(1). Available at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED498713 [Accessed May 9, 2009].

Whitworth, B. & Friedman, R., 2009. Reinventing academic publishing online Part 1: Rigor, relevance and practice. First Monday, 14(3). Available at: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2609/2248 [Accessed August 19, 2009].

Wiley, D., 2006. Open Source, Openness, and Higher Education. Innovate, 3(1).

Young, J.R., 2008. In Case Google Bails out on Its Library Project, Universities Create a Backup. Chronicle of Higher Education, 55(9).

Newspapers, Magazines and Opinions

Beja, M., 2009a. Harvard U. Press to Sell 1,000 Books Online. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Harvard-U-Press-to-Sell-1000/7427/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Beja, M., 2009b. Textbook Lending Grows in Popularity. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Textbook-Lending-Grows-in/7254/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Boyle, J., 2007. The inefficiencies of freedom. Financial Times. Available at: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/25cf260c-265c-11dc-8e18-000b5df10621.html [Accessed May 7, 2009].

Carter, D., 2009a. College textbook rentals gaining traction. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.ecampusnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=60192 [Accessed August 18, 2009].

Carter, D., 2009b. Disparate state rules plague online education. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61237 [Accessed October 27, 2009].

Carter, D., 2009c. New Kindle is textbook friendly. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=58654 [Accessed July 28, 2009].

Carter, D., 2009d. Partnership a boon for alternative textbooks. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=62244 [Accessed January 3, 2010].

Chernek, V., 2009. U.S. Department of Education Grants Funding to Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/tech-solutions/all-press-releases/index.cfm?i=61913 [Accessed December 1, 2009].

Devaney, L., 2009. Free online course helps students plan careers: Alabama becomes the second state, after Michigan, to adopt Microsoft’s CareerForward online curriculum. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59642 [Accessed July 13, 2009].

eSchool News, 2009a. Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61219 [Accessed November 5, 2009].

eSchool News, 2009b. Schwarzenegger: Printed texts are old school: Analysis: As a budget-cutting strategy, California's digital textbook initiative could have national implications. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=59180 [Accessed July 2, 2009].

Lardinois, F., 2009. Google's Vision for the Future of Google Books: EBook Store, Google Editions. The New York Times. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/07/31/31readwriteweb-googles-vision-for-the-future-of-google-boo-50804.html [Accessed August 5, 2009].

Lewin, T., 2009a. In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History. The New York Times. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html [Accessed August 10, 2009].

Lewin, T., 2009b. Textbook Publisher to Rent to College Students. The New York Times. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/education/14textbook.html [Accessed August 17, 2009].

McCarthy, C., 2009. Amazon's Big-Screen Kindle DX Debuts. CBS News. Available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/06/tech/cnettechnews/main4996025.shtml [Accessed July 28, 2009].

Miller, M.H., 2010. California Law Encourages Digital Textbooks by 2020. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/California-Law-Encourages/20526/ [Accessed January 20, 2010].

Mitchell, R., 2008. Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty. The Harvard University Gazette. Available at: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Parry, M., 2010. Agenda for Open Online Courses Can Go Forward, Federal Officials Say. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Agenda-for-Open-Online-Courses/22496/ [Accessed April 14, 2010].

Parry, M., 2009a. Obama Course-Giveaway Backlash? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Obama-Course-Giveaway/7638/ [Accessed August 12, 2009].

Parry, M., 2009b. Obama's Great Course Giveaway. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/article/Obamas-Great-Course-Giveaway/47530 [Accessed August 12, 2009].

Plotkin, H., 1998. Tear Down The Walls / College in the Digital Age. SFGate.com. Available at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/1998/08/31/digitaleduc.DTL [Accessed August 12, 2009].

Prabhu, M.T., 2008. Copyright fight looms over college textbooks. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=54684%3B_hbguid=1a943a6a-3bb8-4f98-9bd7-ab945e14b76c [Accessed May 6, 2009].

Prabhu, M.T., 2009. Experts split on 'Kindle in Every Backpack'. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59868&page=1 [Accessed July 28, 2009].

Reisz, M., 2009. 'Giving it away' a textbook argument. Times Higher Education. Available at: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=409050 [Accessed November 16, 2009].

Ruth, D., 2009. High school teacher's algebra book aces California test. Rice University News & Media Relations. Available at: http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=12907&SnID=1361565618 [Accessed August 11, 2009].

Schwarzenegger, A., 2009. Digital textbooks can save money, improve learning. San Jose Mercury News. Available at: http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12536333 [Accessed June 11, 2009].

Shannon, V., 2007. A group approach to teaching teachers. International Herald Tribune. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/technology/25iht-curriki26.1.8466585.html?_r=1 [Accessed July 30, 2009].

Stansbury, M., 2008. Florida adopts open-content reading platform. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=51790 [Accessed July 2, 2009].

Stansbury, M., 2009a. Free digital resource centers coming soon. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61315 [Accessed October 26, 2009].

Stansbury, M., 2009b. The rise of digital textbooks. eSchool News. Available at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59876 [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Wiley, D., 2009a. Digital Textbooks Call for New Business Models. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Digital-Textbooks/7256/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Wiley, D., 2009b. Giving Away Academic Books Online Can Actually Help Print Sales. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Giving-Away/7278/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Wiley, D., 2009c. The Parable of the Inventor and the Trucker. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-The-Parable-of/7244/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].

Young, J., 2009. U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Blackboard in Latest Patent Ruling. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/US-Appeals-Court-Rules/7490/ [Accessed August 3, 2009].