How has reading changed in the era of ebooks, ereaders, iPads, Twitter, etc. etc.? I asked four scholars and lifelong readers about their readings habits and strategies. I'd love to get more deeply into this subject. Read More at "Great Colleges to Work For" (CHE supplement--subscription) »
Journalism
“‘Library of the Future’ Gets $1 Million Boost From Humanities Endowment”
The proposed Digital Public Library of America gets a big vote of confidence from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The money comes at a critical time for the venture, which is scheduled to make some kind of public debut in April 2013. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
“But Is It a Book?”
In early July, I spent a week at UVa's Rare Book School, taking a class on Born-Digital Materials: Theory & Practice." While I was there, I had lunch with Michael Suarez, the director of RBS, to talk about ebooks and whether they "count" as books. This is a report on that conversation." Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
“At Libraries, Quiet Makes a Comeback”
The buzzing of smartphones, the clacking of computer keys, the chatter of study groups: Academic libraries aren't the quiet temples to scholarship they used to be....Library quiet is making a comeback, though, in part because students themselves are asking for it. "Students crave quiet as much as they crave conversation," says Karen G. Schneider, director for library services at Holy Names University, in Oakland, Calif., and proprietor of the Free Range Librarian blog. I talked to some librarians to find out what patrons are asking for and how libraries are responding. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“At Meeting of University Presses, the Future Presses In”
Be part of the conversation, mind your metadata, and use technology as a bridge to the world: That advice animated sessions at the annual meeting of the Association of American University Presses, held in Chicago in June. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
