Sterling talked to me about what's in the archive, why it doesn't include any born-digital materials or correspondence yet, and what kinds of notebooks he uses. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
Writing
“Social Media Lure Academics Frustrated by Journals”
A new study finds widespread adoption of social-media tools--especially generic, ready-to-use ones like Twitter and Facebook--and a growing sense that they offer a way around traditional publishing and its hurdles. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“The Novels That Came in From the Cold: John le Carre Gives Archives to the U. of Oxford”
The master spy novelist hands his manuscripts etc. over to the Bodleian for safekeeping. The gift includes manuscript pages of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy that show the writer fleshing out George Smiley--on pink paper. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Twain Tales: How a University Project, Press, and Library Crafted a Best-Seller”
A behind-the-scenes look at editing and funding the first volume of the Autobiography of Mark Twain, published by the University of California Press and edited by scholars at the Mark Twain Project, based at the University of California at Berkeley. Half a million copies of the book are now in print. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“In Tough Times, Scholars Offer Extra Money to Their Societies”
Annual giving was up in fiscal year 2010 at the Modern Language Association and the American Historical Association. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
