Writer, journalist, gadabout. Writes fiction and non. Covers publishing, libraries, humanities for the Chronicle of Higher Ed. Blogs at www.jenniferhoward.com.
CHE has a story up today about librarians and faculty status, BTW. Includes the UVa situation. http://chronicle.com/article...
For those who follow the state(s) of the textbook/course-materials market, the Chronicle has a special report out today: "Turning the Page on Textbooks." My contribution is a look at how many students still prefer the "comfort" of print and how publishers are pursuing print-plus strategies....
I toured a paper mill today--a personal field trip I've been looking forward to. Way fun. My favorite part was the 1879 paper machine that still cranks out paper 24/7.
where were you? lots of paper mills in WI; it used to be pretty close to our top industry.
- RepoRat
The Glatfelter mill in Spring Grove, PA--a two-hour drive from DC.
- Jennifer Howard
"Storm Damage at NYU Libraries Offers Lessons for Disaster Planning in the Stacks": library preparedness in the era of supersize disasters. This link should be good for 5 days. http://chronicle.com/article...
That's a great list of "lessons learned". I particularly like the idea of building consortial help and backup into your plan.
- Amandadon't
"No Easy Answer for Library Budgets": Lila Guterman of ACS's C&EN (she's formerly of CHE) on the recent unpleasantness and more. http://cen.acs.org/article...