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) »
Journalism
“Hot Type: Publishers Fing Ways to Fight ‘Link Rot’ in Electronic Texts
Part II of my look at link rot and the quest for "permanent citation." Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“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 »
“4 Very Different Futures Are Imagined for Research Libraries”
What kind of research environment will libraries have to operate 20 years from now? To help its members plan for possible futures, Association of Research Libraries did some prognosticating. Note: I was surprised to see how many readers read the scenarios as gloomy. See the comments on the story. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“National Digital Library Spurs Conversation About ‘Cultural Patrimony'”
What makes a national library national anyway? Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
