Michael,
I am somewhat positive about the interface of the site and the
content. Can I get results sorted in descending date order? Does the site
have case studies? If so, is there a way to scan for them only? I consider
the $15 max to be the most wonderful part of it all. However, my university
(and I assume many others) have e-libraries so when I assign articles,
students do not have to pay. One problem with e-libraries is that some
publishers limit access to their journals to those older than one-year.
Charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Lissack [mailto:
lissack@lissack.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:17 PM
To:
wankelc@stjohns.edu
Subject: What do you think of the Learner's Library? Will you use it?
Learner's Library (http://learnerslibrary.com) provides college students and
faculty with efficient access to high quality educational materials via the
Internet - for coursepacks and for research. The service, now in place at
more than 500 colleges nationwide, can help students with research and save
them money. It can save you invaluable time in doing background work.
We are looking for feedback from potential users of the system. To use the
service for free til January 1 please go to:
http://www.learnerslibrary.com
Just click on "join" and then "free access". Use discount code: MRLFA1500XY
Why the Learner's Library? The Learner's Library helps to bring the most
relevant library resources to the student 24/7 in an easy to use easy to
access tool set. It allows students and faculty to make use of full text
copyright cleared material --backstopped by a citation checker to ensure
that accidental plagiarism does not happen.
Faculty can make better use of their time -- and keep course content more
current -- by building their coursepacks in the Learner's Library. The high
quality academic journals in the Learner's Library database provide for more
concise and better focused search, even for savvy web users. Time, money and
paper will all be saved - from better searches, lower priced coursepacks and
from the ability to only print what is needed.
On December 1, the Learner's Library will also include "live help" - 24/7
chat access to a reference librarian to assist with queries.The Learner's
Library offers 24/7 access to a great library, a research librarian, and a
research assistant at a price attractive to institutions and their students.
Faculty use the Learner's Library to build and offer coursepacks
(assemblages of outside readings), while students use the Learner's Library
to read the coursepack material and for doing research. These virtual
coursepacks are fully copyright cleared for reading, copying, and printing
without the payment of additional fees based on usage. The virtual
coursepack has flexibility which allows for a more individualized
educational experience. Faculty can change the coursepack mid-semester on
the fly. Students can extend the coursepack with notes and their own
recommended readings. Users can recommend research materials for use in
preparing class assignments. Faculty have access to usage reports telling
them which students are actually doing the required readings. Coursepacks
prepared with the Learner's Library cost $15 each regardless of size or
usage. This can save students $25-$50 or more per class.
Beginning December 1 we also will be providing Faculty with access to our
Virtual Research Assistant. The VRA will assist in the preparation of
coursepacks by allowing a professor to upload his/her course
outline/syllabus/teaching notes and get back a web page which has parsed the
upload material into queries run the queries and saved the results -- the
net effect is that all of the searching for course material in the database
will have been done and the professor needs only to click "add to
coursepack" on material he/she wants to include. We will do the drudge work
sparing faculty time for reading and thinking.
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Michael Lissack, CEO
Knowledge Ventures
2338 Immokalee Rd #292
Naples FL 34110-1445
phone 239-254-9648 fax 254-9649
for more information please visit: http://www.learnerslibrary.com