Writing

Big-scale collaborations and digital-era collection strategies took center stage at the Association of Research Libraries' fall membership meeting. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »

My alma mater wants faculty members to make their journal articles freely available. That's a boost to the open-access cause--but Princeton still has to figure out how its going to implement the policy. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »

What happens to individual authors' work in a world of mass digitization and large collections of content? For some, the publishing/library ecosystem looks like the writers' equivalent of factory farming. In my latest Hot Type column, I suggest that libraries and publishers need to take those concerns seriously even if they think they're unfounded. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »

Long-planned ebook platforms for scholarly books are beginning to go live. Which ones are likely to succeed, and will libraries sign up? Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »

Guess what? Good teachers matter, experts say. That's the not-especially-startling conclusion of this book. Tyre does offer parents support and some good tips on what to look for in our kids' schools. I found the book frustrating and not detailed enough, though, as I explain in this review for The Washington Post. Read More at The Washington Post »