I haven't done one of these in a while, so there's quite a backlog to clear.
Reports
- Digital Scholarly Communication: A Snapshot of Current Trends
- Crowdsourcing, Attention and Productivity
- Strategic Outsourcing and Cloud Computing: Reality Is a Sober Adversary
- Library Storage Facilities and the Future of Print Collections in North America
- XC User Research Preliminary Report (Extensible Catalog)
- Edgeless University: why higher education must embrace technology
- Beyond Scientific Publication: Strategies for Disseminating
- How Teens Use Media: A Nielsen report on the myths and realities of teen media trends
- Competency Index for the Library Field
- Ithaka Case Studies in Sustainability
- Beyond the Help Desk: Creating a Culture of Service in the IT Organization
- Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud
- Getting Serious About Sustainable IT: Metrics, Tools, and Solutions
- Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
- Whatever It Takes: Supporting Higher Education Executives 24 x 7 x 365
Books
- Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
by Henry Jenkins
- Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods
by Shel Israel
- Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust
by Chris Brogan
- Leadershift: Reinventing Leadership for the Age of Mass Collaboration
by Emmanuel Gobillot
- Who's Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success--and Won't Let You Fail
by Keith Ferrazzi
- Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online
by Andy Beal & Judy Strauss
- The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business
by Tara Hunt
- The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education
by Curtis J. Bonk
- Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone.
by Mitch Joel
- The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future
by S. Craig Watkins
- Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
by Ellen Ruppel Shell
- Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization
by Jeff Rubin
As usual, if you know of any reports or books that I might have missed, please let me know either at jdupuis at yorku dot ca or in the comments.
BTW, here's a list of all the related posts:
- Sixteen books
- Twenty-nine reports
- Thirty-four books and eight reports
- Nine reports and sixteen books
- Ten reports and five books
And yes, I have been (slowly) working on a master list of all the books and reports I've mentioned in those posts.
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