This is not a library story but it's likely something academic librarians will want to be aware of. The deal was announced today.
Under the partnership, the companies will work to enable students to access and purchase e-textbooks and other course related materials directly in Blackboard Learn™, the leading Web-based teaching and learning platform. The effort will help streamline the ability for instructors to assign content from Barnes & Noble’s vast catalog of over one million titles, including e-books, e-textbooks, relevant study aids, test prep guides, periodicals, and hundreds of thousands of trade and professional titles.
The partnership will also create greater interoperability between Blackboard Learn and NOOKstudy by Barnes & Noble, a free, feature-rich software application that delivers a superior digital reading experience and enhances the academic experience through unique and customizable study features. NOOKstudy was built by students for students and works on the computer device they rely on the most, their PC or Mac. Among NOOKstudy’s critical features include enabling students to navigate e-textbooks as they would printed ones, to view multiple books and sources at once, and to access complementary content. Students can also highlight and take notes that are searchable and customizable
NOOKstudy will be available with books sold online at Barnes & Noble.com, one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites, the company’s eBookstore with over one million titles, and nearly 640 Barnes & Noble campus bookstores nationwide. NOOKstudy will be rolled out for the fall 2010 semester.
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The integration is expected to be available to Blackboard clients later in the year as a Blackboard Building Block™ for institutions running Blackboard Learn Release 8 and higher.
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