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Books are not going to disappear from libraries
Student views of libraries are apparently all over the map when asked by the New York Times whether libraries need books anymore… but I think that’s always been the case. Libraries serve multiple constituencies, and if you had phrased the question differently in different eras and for different media — for example, “do libraries still […]
Shoveling day
Friends and relatives in the mid-Atlantic are spending this week shoveling loads of snow. I’ve been shoveling, too, if not snow. It’s time to deal with projects of various sorts, and I can’t complain too much about them: recruiting people for certain tasks; responding to a bureaucratic emergency or three; getting various bills paid; talking with colleagues […]
Ebook readers and markets
At the beginning of the month, one of The Big Things at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the proliferation of electronic readers (or ebook readers), and as someone who bought a Sony ebook reader a few years ago for work purposes, I have a few thoughts that are different from the standard […]
Collegiality: It’s harder to separate ideas from people than you might think
As the president of the USF chapter of Florida’s statewide faculty union, it’s part of my job to defend the academic due process rights of That Guy.* If you’ve worked at a college or university, you’ve had to deal with That Guy, a generally prickly personality more commonly male than female who may have some good […]
Odds and ends from the peanut gallery
It’s a few minutes before closing at this Super-Brand coffee store, so it’s time for a few thoughts… The successor editorial team at Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analiticos de Politicas Educativas has unveiled the new website. New submissions should head there. For a few months you’ll still see articles I accepted, but otherwise, go Gustavo […]