June 2009
1 post
National student organizations call for Open... →
May 2009
2 posts
“The RIAA, MPAA, BSA, and CRIA all report dire numbers for piracy and billions...”
– Science Library Pad: a call to journalists to do serious reporting on content copying
“Merck cooked up a phony, but real sounding, peer reviewed journal and published...”
– Merck Makes Phony Peer-Review Journal | blog.bioethics.net
Making it even tougher for students to figure out where they can find reliable information.
April 2009
2 posts
“Fellow readers, if a fierce book purist like me … can be lured into liking...”
– Lost in the Pixels of a Good Book: The E-book Problem - ShelfTalker: A Children’s Bookseller’s Blog - Blog on Publishers Weekly
January 2009
4 posts
Toward an All E-Textbook Campus :: Inside Higher... →
Northwest Missouri State University has a track record of innovation when it comes to providing students with their textbooks. They are now trying to move to ebooks, although the business models and availability aren’t always quite right.
Battlestar Book: Battlestarbook Tells The Tale Of... →
Austenbook →
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as told via a Facebook newsfeed.
December 2008
5 posts
“And, fair or not, scientists are likely to find more persuasive the testimony of...”
– Adventures in Ethics and Science: Bad cites. Bad science?
“In a world where rigorous evidence from scientific research languishes...”
– Bad Science » The Year in Bad Science
On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess : On... →
We Love Open Source Software. No, You Can’t Have... →
October 2008
4 posts
Defending the Fruit Flies from Sarah Palin ::... →
The Winner's Curse and Scientific Publishing :... →
SUNY Students "willing to pay more for education,... →
SUNY Student Assembly weighs resolution calling for a new policy of modest annual tuition increases
Strange Maps →
September 2008
4 posts
A Very Brief Introduction to the Scientific... →
A little something I wrote up to fill a need for lower level undergraduates who don’t quite get taught the entire scientific process. You know, the stuff that comes after the experiments.
2 tags
America's Most Dangerous Librarians →
Meet the radical bookworms who fought the Patriot Act—and won.
August 2008
4 posts
Happy Anniversary, 19th Amendment →
Modern History Sourcebook: Passage of the 19th Amendment 1919-20
“It simply should not be acceptable for people who are ignorant of math and...”
– The Innumeracy of Intellectuals :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs
“Finally, then, I conclude that “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” is a...”
– A librarian wrote an eloquent, impecably reasoned response to the challege of book that includes a gay wedding. This letter should serve as a model to others facing similar challenges.
myliblog: Uncle Bobby’s Wedding
July 2008
4 posts
A Closer Look at Preserved Dinosaur Soft Tissue... →
Apparently the preserved soft tissue from a dinosaur that was found a few years ago might not be preserved tissue after all.
“… as more journal issues came online, the articles referenced tended to be...”
– Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship — Evans 321 (5887): 395 — Science
(This article is behind a pay-wall.)
“This textbook suggests that the Earth is spherical. Because a few delusional...”
– Textbook disclaimer stickers
June 2008
4 posts
“The bar has been raised. The maturing Internet and evolving array of Web 2.0...”
– Mark Ludwig and Margaret Wells, Google Books vs. BISON - 6/15/2008 - Library Journal
“Reunite Gondwanaland! Schist happens. Geologists have gotten in on the blogging...”
– Geotimes - June 2008 - Geomedia - Geology Bloggers Rock
WatchScience, Web 2.0 and New Modes of Scholarly Communication
May 2008
3 posts
“Cube monkey #1: I’m losing my will to live.
Cube monkey #2: Would a tiny...”
– Overheard in the Office
Librarything’s top 106 unread books meme
I heard about the meme on the LibraryThing Blog. I thought I’d share. This is a list of the top 106 books tagged as “unread” on LibraryThing.com The rules: Bold what you have read, italicize books you’ve started but couldn’t finish, and strike through books you hated. Add an asterisk* to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on your tbr list. Jonathan Strange &...
April 2008
4 posts
“A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the...”
– U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks ‘Abortion’ | Threat Level from Wired.com
A The Problem with My Books →
Putting ones books in order can mean different things to different people. Especially if your native language reads right to left.
March 2008
4 posts
“While the media rarely represents geologists to the general population,...”
– via email from my friend Sarah. Original source unknown.
“If you want to get five opinions from four information professionals, just...”
– infolitland - What to Do With Wikipedia
February 2008
10 posts
“Break Down the Barrier Between Stage and Audience - ask them questions, get them...”
– How to Teach Stuff
Caffeine: A User's Guide to Getting Optimally... →
Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement -... →
This may put pressure on publishers - after all, no one wants to prevent Harvard scholars from publishing in their journal because hey won’t allow archiving.
100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study... →