Archive for June 13th, 2007
Gorman Forgets to Wind the Clock
Michael Gorman is blogging (ahem) for Britannica (cough, cough) on the subject of what’s wrong with web 2.0. In two parts, he raises the usual issues: information online is too inclusive, playful, and … digital. Printed texts have authenticity and fixity, whereas texts that are digital may not be what they appear. I’m guessing Gorman [...]
Posted: 13 June, 2007 in Libraries and Learning.
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Lousy Publishers!
Peter Brantley (whose interesting thoughts have been blogged about here before) has an interesting post on university presses, scholarly communication, and what it is that libraries don’t get when it comes to publishing. Putting it bluntly, he says “I am coming to the conclusion that librarians are likely to be lousy publishers.” The publishing work [...]
Posted: 13 June, 2007 in Books, Scholarly Communications, Worth Reading.
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