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In the Library of Babel
I’d better start by explaining the fish. I hope in this space to explore the intersections of libraries and technology...
Beyond the Lab or Library: On CVs, Networking and Politics
It was the kind of course you weren’t graded on, and it petered out as soon as the Academic year...
Questions Inspired by 'How Pleasure Works'
--How come I did not know about Yale's Paul Bloom and was surprised to come across his beautiful book, How...
Rating and ranking, measurement and management, and maybe a little doing in your spare time
As David Moltz reported in these pages Tuesday, a number of campus sustainability officers have issued an open letter describing...
Running on Empty
Two recent speeches by Ministers in the UK’s new (since May) coalition government have set out the government’s stall on...
Understanding international research collaboration in the social sciences and humanities
How can we map out and make sense of the changing nature of research collaboration at a global scale? This...
Picking the Perfect Search Committee
Although it doesn’t happen as often now as it once did, we do still occasionally hire full-time, tenure-track faculty. And...
Day 19 Of My iPad Paperless Experiment
It's Day 19 and my paperless experiment is actually going pretty well. The iPad actually works as a pretty good...