Comments on: Gorman Forgets to Wind the Clock http://acrlog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:48:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marc Meola http://acrlog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-30749 Marc Meola Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:45:58 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/#comment-30749 It's his reason that has gone to sleep: he overgeneralizes and his argument (if you can find it) is a straw man. Web 2.0 is just not as great a threat to authenticity, fixity, or authority as he thinks. I noticed he really likes the word authoritative. Can you imagine him in the Milgram experiments? I checked his Vita. For someone so into expertise and authority, you'd think he'd have more educational credentials than 2 years at a technical college. Then again, maybe this explains some things. It’s his reason that has gone to sleep: he overgeneralizes and his argument (if you can find it) is a straw man. Web 2.0 is just not as great a threat to authenticity, fixity, or authority as he thinks. I noticed he really likes the word authoritative. Can you imagine him in the Milgram experiments?

I checked his Vita. For someone so into expertise and authority, you’d think he’d have more educational credentials than 2 years at a technical college. Then again, maybe this explains some things.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://acrlog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-30732 K.G. Schneider Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:32:57 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/#comment-30732 Sterne and hypertext: /head explodes (though honestly, it's the humor of Shamela I would love to see applied to this tzimmis) Steven, I agree. I received that same email, and so did several other bloggers I know. It was blatant pot-stirring, though it did give me a chance to observe that in skewing its team of experts to a roster that is overwhelmingly straight white men, the EB was undermining its own "why we carefully select only the very best scholars to represent a topic" argument. Sterne and hypertext: /head explodes (though honestly, it’s the humor of Shamela I would love to see applied to this tzimmis)

Steven, I agree. I received that same email, and so did several other bloggers I know. It was blatant pot-stirring, though it did give me a chance to observe that in skewing its team of experts to a roster that is overwhelmingly straight white men, the EB was undermining its own “why we carefully select only the very best scholars to represent a topic” argument.

]]> By: Mollie F http://acrlog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-30653 Mollie F Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:21:50 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/#comment-30653 Well, shoot, I have to add a comment to a post that references Tristram Shandy. You've just got to wonder how much fun Sterne would have had with hypertext and Web 2.0. Well, shoot, I have to add a comment to a post that references Tristram Shandy. You’ve just got to wonder how much fun Sterne would have had with hypertext and Web 2.0.

]]> By: steven bell http://acrlog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-30624 steven bell Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:40:36 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/13/gorman-forgets-to-wind-the-clock/#comment-30624 I'm glad you decided to write about this Barbara because quite frankly I'm feeling cynical about this whole "Hey Gorman wrote a blog post - let's all make a big fuss over of it". It serves it purpose as fodder for discussion, but I have to say that the email from EB encouraging me to leave a comment and post about it makes the whole thing seem like a contrived gimmick to get publicity for the EB blog. What I found interesting is that virtually all of the other bloggers over at the EB blog have written lots of posts. - many more interesting than what Gorman has to say. Gorman - has just these two (with a third promised). The posts seem intentionally crafted to get a specific reaction as opposed to someone who wants to create an open discussion. I would have just as soon said let's not even bother to pay attention to it. But I'm glad you did because I enjoyed your thoughtful post. I’m glad you decided to write about this Barbara because quite frankly I’m feeling cynical about this whole “Hey Gorman wrote a blog post – let’s all make a big fuss over of it”. It serves it purpose as fodder for discussion, but I have to say that the email from EB encouraging me to leave a comment and post about it makes the whole thing seem like a contrived gimmick to get publicity for the EB blog. What I found interesting is that virtually all of the other bloggers over at the EB blog have written lots of posts. – many more interesting than what Gorman has to say. Gorman – has just these two (with a third promised). The posts seem intentionally crafted to get a specific reaction as opposed to someone who wants to create an open discussion. I would have just as soon said let’s not even bother to pay attention to it. But I’m glad you did because I enjoyed your thoughtful post.

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