Part II of my look at link rot and the quest for "permanent citation." Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Writing
“Reader Choice, Not Vendor Influence, Reshapes Library Collections”
Tired of spending scarce money on materials that don't get much use, some research librarians are test-driving patron-driven acquisitions as a way of buying the books researchers and students actually want. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Librarians Put Their Trust in Patrons”
At the 30th annual Charleston Conference, academic librarians, publishers, and vendors got together to talk frankly about money, trust, and patron-driven acquisition. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“PDA? In the Library?”
I joined the regulars on the Digital Campus podcast to talk about patron-driven acquisition at academic libraries and lots of other fun stuff. Have a listen. Read More at Digital Campus podcast »
“Jane Austen’s Well-Known Style Owed Much to Her Editor, Scholar Argues”
Punctuation and Persuasion: A scholar believes that a punctilious" editor cleaned up Austen's grammar and punctuation and that the novelist's manuscripts show her to be a more experimental writer than she's given credit for being. But the real story here may be the just-completed digital edition of Austen's manuscripts." Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
