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Monday, November 19, 2007

DSpace Manakin

DSpace Manakin

DSpace Manakin is a "user interface developed by Texas A&M University which supports major improvements for the DSpace system."

Manakin introduces a modular interface layer, enabling an institution to easily customize the interface according to the specific needs of the particular repository, community or collection. A repository service can be separated from its implementation my modifying its interface, making it possible to change repository platforms in the future while maintaining a consistent set of functionalities and "look-and-feel."

Features: The primary feature of Manakin is the "ability for each community and collection within DSpace to establish a unique look-and-feel that might extend outside of DSpace into an existing web presence, which is believed to increase a greater interest and buy-in from these communities.

Other features:

* Allow each community & collection to maintain a distinct look and feel.
* Separate business logic from stylistic design.
* Establish an interface level component architecture. (New with Manakin)
* Enable internationalization & localization of content.
* Provide an alternative interface that does not replace the existing JSP based interface.

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Amazon debuts Kindle e-book reader

(photo courtesy of CNet's News.com website)


November 19, 2007 7:04 AM PST
Amazon debuts Kindle e-book reader, Posted by Caroline McCarthy

From CNet's news.com:

NEW YORK--"Why are books the last bastion of analog?" Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asked an audience at New York's W Hotel in Union Square as he unveiled Amazon Kindle, the online-retail giant's new electronic book reader.

Today, November 19th, Amazon.com's CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a new e-book reader called the Kindle. This is the latest electronic hand-held device for reading anything from novel to a newspaper!!! Check out the images from CNet's website.

"Books Aren't Dead. (They're Just Going Digital)"


The November 26 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, November 19), "Books Aren't Dead. (They're Just Going Digital.)" - Examines the impact of digital-age technology on the future of reading and the launch of the Amazon Kindle, a handheld reader.(Photo: PRNewsFoto/Newsweek)

In this article, The Future of Reading, Amazon's Jeff Bezos has not only built a better bookstore; he now believes he can improve the book itself.
Article By Steven Levy | NEWSWEEK, Nov 26, 2007 Issue. Read more!