February 11, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
February 10, 2012
Ok, so none of these realizations has actually ruined science fiction for me, but they are pretty funny nevertheless.
4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You
#4. Sci-fi Needs a Straight Man Like a Laurel and Hardy Routine
The bulk of the workload in writing science fiction/fantasy is…
February 9, 2012
Come work instead of me!
Below is a posting for a 3-year contractually limited appointment in my unit. I'm chair of the search committee, so feel free to ask away with any questions about the position. I'll answer them to the best of my ability given the limitations of being on the committee.
As…
February 9, 2012
Walter Isaacson's book on Apple founder & CEO Steve Jobs is a fairly long book. It's not exactly a thriller either, especially since I know how it ends. As a result it took me a while to plow through it. I tended to read it in bursts of 40 or 50 pages over a few days then maybe put it aside…
February 8, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
February 7, 2012
The End of Academic Library Circulation?
Print on the Margins: Circulation Trends in Major Research Libraries
Teens join Twitter to escape parents on Facebook: survey
Teens slowly migrating to Twitter
Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition
Is Facebook Really a Good Business?
Who Does Google…
February 6, 2012
Note: this post is superseded by: Around the Web: Research Works Act, Elsevier boycott & FRPAA.
This post has superseded my previous post which focused solely on the Research Works Act. I have added some coverage of the Elsevier boycott which at least partially grew out of opposition to the…
February 5, 2012
College students will stick to paper books
Open Access Collection (PLoS)
A Vision for the Future of Scholarly Publishing
How to Become A Social Media Influencer: Ten Small Steps
The Declining Value of Subscription-based Abstracting and Indexing Services in the New Knowledge Dissemination Era…
February 3, 2012
Well, not me, exactly, but...
Anyways, some ideas and experiences from someone out there in blogland who used to be a lawyer and somehow managed to think opening a bookstore was a good idea.
25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
Here's a chunk from the middle:
19. If you're thinking of…
February 1, 2012
Ever since I attended the Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians last summer, I've been watching for interesting posts on academic library leadership, or just academic leadership in general. This is some of what I've found.
Let me know in the comments what else I should be reading.…
January 31, 2012
What 'Ownership' Means for Digital Media (Hint: Not Much)
The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance
An Introvert's Guide to Networking
Giving introverts permission to be themselves
Consensus Decision-Making and its Possibilities in Libraries
Disruption and Implications
Support…
January 27, 2012
A repost from February 9, 2006 from the old blog. it tells the story of how I became a science librarian. It's my small contribution to the #IAmScience meme on Twitter right now.
Basically it's about unconventional career paths in science. And this is mine.
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Inspired…
January 27, 2012
Ah, The Cronk News always turns a dull, freezing rainy, slushy, oh-my-god-climate-change-is-going-to-kill-us-all day into a warm fluffy puppy day.
University Library Enlists Collaborative Cheerleaders
When Sam Spivender, CEO of Temporarium University Library, noticed that no students collaborated…
January 24, 2012
Well, I survived.
Science Online 2012 took place this past weekend and it was a blast. There's already been quite a bit of discussion in blogs and on Twitter about how it went.
A very small selection of the them bits are:
Scattered reflections about ScienceOnline 2012 (#scio12)
Science Online…
January 20, 2012
This seems a little too close to reality if you read a lot of what passes for higher ed reporting these days.
College Prez Scores with "No Huddle" Academics
So Clavell and other businessmen-turned-educational experts are looking at the records of college administrators across the country to see if…
January 18, 2012
The Stop Online Piracy Act is a piece of legislation in the US whose aims are:
The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who…
January 17, 2012
Sometimes good things happen to good people and this is certainly the case.
Michael Nielsen has been named a SPARC Innovator for 2012.
I don't usually do awards announcements here but I've made exceptions in the past for friends and I'm doing that again today.
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic…
January 17, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
January 16, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
January 16, 2012
A terrific new opportunity at my institution. I'm not in the reporting department or on the search committee, but I'd be happy to answer general questions about York and the environment. My email is jdupuis at yorku dot ca.
The online job posting is here.
Position Rank: Full Time Tenure Stream -…
January 13, 2012
All I have to say is that I'm really glad this wasn't published 20-something years ago.
5 things you should know before dating a scientist
1. We can figure things out. Understand, we're paid to dig deep, find the secrets and wade through bullshit. We can pick up on subtleties, so what you think…
January 13, 2012
With the final countdown underway and the conference less than a week away, this post follows my post on library people in attendance at Science Online 2012 from a few weeks ago.
And I'd like to start off with another best-tweet-ever, this time Marieclaire Shanahan retweeting Colin Schutze:
+ they…
January 9, 2012
Note: this post is superseded by: Around the Web: Research Works Act, Elsevier boycott & FRPAA.
Following on my post from yesterday on Scholarly Societies: It's time to abandon the AAP over The Research Works Act, I thought I'd gather together some of the recent posts on the issue.
The…
January 7, 2012
Ok, Friday Fun a day late. But better late than never, right?
Anyways, Top Ten Signs You're An Adult. And apparently punctuality and predictability aren't ones I've mastered.
All of a sudden everyone is taking about their "401k".
You have friends who have houses or really nice apartments.
You…
January 6, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
January 6, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
January 5, 2012
So, The Research Works Act, H.R. 3699 is a new piece of legislation that is being introduced in the US.
Not surprisingly it's supported by the American Association of Publishers and its Professional and Scholarly Publishing (AAP/PSP).
The legislation is aimed at preventing regulatory interference…
January 5, 2012
I'm including here a list of all the books I've read in 2011, as well as some commentary on my particular year in reading. I always enjoy when people post these sorts of lists online and actually rather enjoy doing so myself.
I've been doing this for a few years now: 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007.
If…
January 4, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
January 4, 2012
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the…
