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Information in a time of war

I am simultaneously heartened and horrified by reading the online diary of Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraqi National Library and Archive (www.bl.uk/iraqdiary.html). The library has been extensively looted, causing some to liken the current situation to the 13th century sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols. In the abstract this is depressing but Eskander’s diary [...]

Posted 23 April 2007 † adillon § the information world ‡ Comments (0) °

Libraries and the socio-technical system of tenure

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion released a new report in December that questions the role of monographs, and more directly, the responsibilities of publishers and university presses in facilitating tenure decisions for scholars in the humanities. The report is available at: www.mla.org/tenure_promotion and raises the spectre [...]

Posted 11 January 2007 † adillon § Research ‡ Comments (0) °