Everyone is talking about Brian Croxall’s provocative MLA paper right now, so I might as well jump on the bandwagon. Go read the paper, if you haven’t already, but here’s a quick summary: Brian couldn’t go to MLA because he had no job interviews there and couldn’t afford the cost of attending, so he had [...]
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Oh, the Humanities!
December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · General
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Michigan going digital
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments · General
U of M press is going all digital for monographs. The comments on this article indicate, predictably, that some people think it’s a great idea and others think it’s the end of the publishing world as we know it. I am in favor of digital publication, if it means that books will be cheaper and/or [...]
Open Access
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · General
I don’t know if just the blogs and sites I read, or if there really is a strong movement toward open-access, online journals. IHE had an article a few days ago about a paper journal that has gone online. The article says that the site has had 20,000 visitors vs hundreds of subscribers, but I [...]
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