Archive for April 8th, 2008
Cheaper by the .pdf, but still . . .
SUNY press has announced an initiative to sell .pdf files of new books for only $20.00 for a title that costs $75.00 in hardcover. And you can browse the first two pages of every chapter absolutely free! What a daring initiative! Sorry, but I’m undewhelmed. I totally support the mission of university presses, but it’s [...]
Posted: 8 April, 2008 in Books, Scholarly Communications.
Tags: publishing, university presses
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An Academic Freedom Quiz
As a profession we’ve spent lots of time debating academic freedom and tenure for academic librarians. Do academic librarians need the protections of academic freedom? If not, why do they need tenure? If yes, why are some on the tenure track and not others? These are questions for which there are no easy answers. But [...]
Posted: 8 April, 2008 in Higher Education.
Tags: academic_freedom, tenure
Comments: 5