Daily Thoughts 01/71/2013
I read some more of The Case for Mars. Robert Zubrin is describing how the Mars Direct plan was created. There is a lot about the politics of NASA and how it ends up costing lots of money because the different engineers want their projects to be funded. I also read a little more of Librarians As Community Partners. The authors are describing senior outreach programs.
Web Bits
After 17 Years Education Platform Lynda.com Raises Its First Round of Funding $103 million from Accel Spectrum.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/after-17-years-education-platform-lynda-com-raises-its-first-round-of-funding-103m-from-accel-spectrum/
I am hoping that they use some of this funding to enter the library market. They are doing a trial at the Science Industry and Business Library in Manhattan.
Extracting Value From Uncertain Data
http://toc.oreilly.com/2013/01/extracting-value-from-uncertain-data.html
Big Data will soon effect publishing and libraries in a significant way.
Publishers Focus on a Complex Future at Digital Book World
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/conferences/article/55532-publishers-focus-on-a-complex-future-at-digital-book-world-2013.html
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