James Drogan

The consequences of the intersection my teaching with other activities (e.g., Schwartz Communications Institute at Baruch) has led to wonder about creating book mashups.   By this I mean the integration of of various pieces of a various books into a different work.

I'm finding that various authors have something to say about a subject, say ethics, that I would like to introduce to my students.  But I'm not interested in all parts of every book, only selected parts.  I don't wish my students to buy all books to get at only parts of the books.  Hence, the book mashup.

I think I understand the copyright implications of this and think that these implications keep us from producing something of value that could aid in learning.  I am not, by the way, trying to represent the work of others as my own.

This would need to extend across publishers.  I ought to be able to provide "connective tissue" that integrates the various pieces. 

Perhaps this is potential outcome from the book digitization projects underway.