By Barbara Fister. How can libraries enact their values in the wake of Charlottesville? Can we impart those values to our students. More...By Barbara Fister. In the wake of Elsesvier scooping up boxes of library work on open access with their acquisition of Bepress, I'm pondering why it hurts so much - and what's next. More...By Barbara Fister. According to a new study uploaded in preprint form to PeerJ and profiled in Science, subscription-based publishing is a doomed business. Scientists have flocked to Sci-Hub because it’s easy to use – no traipsing from one site to another, no fumbling for a credit card or a delay while an interlibrary-loan request is processed. More...By Barbara Fister. Matt Reed recently addressed the problem of recruiting reluctant faculty to serve as department chair. It’s an interesting issue in terms of self-governance (which we claim to like), the lack of respect for work that is more often maintenance than developing shiny new objects (though it can be both), and a faulty rewards system that promotes individualism over collective work (T&P processes often fail to reward service work, especially when it’s routine but necessary maintenance). More...
By Tracy Mitrano. A few years ago, I wrote about fraud on Craigslist. What I could not accomplish in many attempts – to get Craigslist to take down a fraudulent advertising for a house I rent – a post about that problem almost instantly cleared the matter up. Sunlight in the form of the press is now required to address two new matters. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. Your remarks in the aftermath of Charlottesville, combined with so many other demonstrations of inadequacy and failed leadership, reflect the absence of that most fundamental traits required of a president: a moral compass. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. Economic development is one of the top issues for our country. Just because the markets are strong does not mean that the wealth trickles down to workers. There are two excellent articles in The New York Times that speak to these points. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. I concluded my last post with the plea that associations and campus leaders stand up collectively for the underlying values of American higher education of free speech and civil rights. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. The continued assault on higher education.
When I wrote last week’s post regarding the Trump assault on higher education, I was not aware of the pending crisis in Charlottesville. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. Higher education is under attack from the Trump Administration. An agenda to afflict “elites” goes straight to the heart of this effort. More...
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