Andrew Darcy
News Report #5
March 19, 2009
“Another Start-Up Tries to Sell Wine Online”
By: Claire Cain Miller
New York Times
Published: October 7, 2008
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/another-start-up-tries-to-sell-wine-online/?scp=2&sq=wine&st=Search
Selling wine online has traditionally been one of a lack of success. Consumers have not taken liking to this trend of buying online either because it is difficult to ship wines between state lines or because of their biases to going to their local vineyards/community stores to select their own bottles. Despite the fact that most online wine sellers have bellied up, AmericanWinery.com is going to try yet again to get their product out. This site feels that they have hit the market in at the right time to gain public support and are going to allow wine aficionados to critique right along side the end consumer. They are getting most of their wine from local wineries that comprise of 75% of the total 424 different selections of wineries that they offer on AmericanWinery.com. The wineries set their own prices for the wine that is sold through their website and they claim that this public perception of purchasing wine via internet is increasing in the United States. This site serves as the middle man basically between your local vineyard who displays their goods on AmericanWinery.com, where the consumer purchases the product and then the vineyards distribute their goods to the end user.
This idea would not even have been a possibility thirty years ago. Information has enabled them to try this business venture and I feel they may have a market niche, even though I would never buy a bottle of wine from the internet. Despite the fact that people may purchase bottles of wine from AmericanWinery.com, I feel most people are like myself and enjoy either purchasing it at your local grocery store or going down to your local vineyard to get the true ambiance of the wine. Good idea, but probably will not be around that long and will succumb to the fate of the many other internet wine providers that have came before them.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
News Report #4
Andrew Darcy
News Report #4
March 19, 2009
“Sony Reaches Deal to Share in Google’s E-Book Library”
New York Times
Published: March 18, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/19sony.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Sony is trying to take down Amazon when it comes to e-books. In doing so, they joined the likes of Google to make a half million books to put on their Sony Reader to try to rival the Amazon Kindle. With Google’s help they may be taking the crown as the leader in E-books because Google currently has over seven million academic books and research library collections already scanned and ready to be loaded onto the Reader once their copyright expires. They can not upload current books because of copyright laws, but have put many older books whose copyrights have been expired. Sony joined forces with Google to try to get information to their readers at that fastest rate possible, while still expanding their already vast e-book library. Not only are they increasing their book count, they are jointly trying to get copyrighted books available on their Reader. This is currently difficult to do, but for the ones that they are unable to obtain, they are putting short little synopsis and excerpts from the books that are currently under copyright laws.
Sony is doing the right thing by teaming with Google. It seems to me and most others that teaming up with this internet search engine will only bring about good news because of how popular it is with the public. As one man said, “e-books are going to be the future of books”, and Sony is hopping on that train in a serious way. It is neat to think about how one book can become all books, but I feel this is a risky investment for any company to take on. I know I will always be a fan of picking up a book and flipping through the pages, but who knows maybe this will be the next big wave and Sony can be out ahead of the competition by getting involved in the early stages.
News Report #4
March 19, 2009
“Sony Reaches Deal to Share in Google’s E-Book Library”
New York Times
Published: March 18, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/19sony.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Sony is trying to take down Amazon when it comes to e-books. In doing so, they joined the likes of Google to make a half million books to put on their Sony Reader to try to rival the Amazon Kindle. With Google’s help they may be taking the crown as the leader in E-books because Google currently has over seven million academic books and research library collections already scanned and ready to be loaded onto the Reader once their copyright expires. They can not upload current books because of copyright laws, but have put many older books whose copyrights have been expired. Sony joined forces with Google to try to get information to their readers at that fastest rate possible, while still expanding their already vast e-book library. Not only are they increasing their book count, they are jointly trying to get copyrighted books available on their Reader. This is currently difficult to do, but for the ones that they are unable to obtain, they are putting short little synopsis and excerpts from the books that are currently under copyright laws.
Sony is doing the right thing by teaming with Google. It seems to me and most others that teaming up with this internet search engine will only bring about good news because of how popular it is with the public. As one man said, “e-books are going to be the future of books”, and Sony is hopping on that train in a serious way. It is neat to think about how one book can become all books, but I feel this is a risky investment for any company to take on. I know I will always be a fan of picking up a book and flipping through the pages, but who knows maybe this will be the next big wave and Sony can be out ahead of the competition by getting involved in the early stages.
Reading #5
Andrew Darcy
Library Reading #5
March 19, 2009
Information Navigation 101
By: Andrea Foster
Issue Date: 03/09/07
College students these days are quick at adapting to frivolous items such as a new feature on MySpace or Facebook, but when it comes to doing academic research they tend to struggle. As students attempt to perform academic research, they are unable and unwilling to sift through the tricky databases. Students rather take the short way out as they become frustrated with databases and tend to then limit their search to just the likes of Google. This has not happened historically because older generations did not have the capability to explore vast amounts of information at the click of a mouse. However, not all information on the web is correct and libraries are looking at ways to get students to use their methods of finding information. Universities throughout the country are trying to rectify this current situation that students are facing through various acts, but none as important as a proposed idea of making students take a class in hopes of them becoming information literate. Throughout college academia, the universities are maybe going to make it a requirement for students to take an information technology class, that shows students how to use a database and which information is actually a viable source for academic papers. Some schools have even gone to the extreme of making students take an information literate exam that must be passed before they are permitted to graduate.
This article demonstrates the problem that students, like myself, are facing when confronted at looking at complicated databases. I tend to take the easy way out, such as Google, because of the relative ease of maneuvering through the search engine. The idea of making a required course about obtaining good data from sources and how to work your way around a database is a good idea. Universities should definitely think about implementing this into their course requirements and this will permit students to write more informed papers, with better information.
Library Reading #5
March 19, 2009
Information Navigation 101
By: Andrea Foster
Issue Date: 03/09/07
College students these days are quick at adapting to frivolous items such as a new feature on MySpace or Facebook, but when it comes to doing academic research they tend to struggle. As students attempt to perform academic research, they are unable and unwilling to sift through the tricky databases. Students rather take the short way out as they become frustrated with databases and tend to then limit their search to just the likes of Google. This has not happened historically because older generations did not have the capability to explore vast amounts of information at the click of a mouse. However, not all information on the web is correct and libraries are looking at ways to get students to use their methods of finding information. Universities throughout the country are trying to rectify this current situation that students are facing through various acts, but none as important as a proposed idea of making students take a class in hopes of them becoming information literate. Throughout college academia, the universities are maybe going to make it a requirement for students to take an information technology class, that shows students how to use a database and which information is actually a viable source for academic papers. Some schools have even gone to the extreme of making students take an information literate exam that must be passed before they are permitted to graduate.
This article demonstrates the problem that students, like myself, are facing when confronted at looking at complicated databases. I tend to take the easy way out, such as Google, because of the relative ease of maneuvering through the search engine. The idea of making a required course about obtaining good data from sources and how to work your way around a database is a good idea. Universities should definitely think about implementing this into their course requirements and this will permit students to write more informed papers, with better information.
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