A Professor Helps Raise a Library in His Native Zambia
Virginians give the gift of reading to a Bridgewater College professor's home village.
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With New Leader, College Board Hopes to Extend Its Reach
Over the last decade, the organization has pushed more deeply into K-12 issues, the terrain where David Coleman has made his name.
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What Professors Bring to Commencement
We belong there, among the parents and friends, because we have been a part of our students' journey.
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From Icky to Etsy, Victorian Craft Lives On
Marginal tangibles reflect the tangibly marginal aspects of life in a baffling, modern age.
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Why We Can't Farm Out the Teaching of Writing
Insecure about their own prose, too many faculty members shy away from evaluating the quality of their students'.
- Why Bother Writing Book Reviews?
- Not My Type
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In Praise of Reference-Book Authors
A tribute to lexicographers and others who classify life's minutiae.
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HathiTrust Lawsuit Highlights Authors' Fears
Universities shouldn't assume that being on the side of preservation and access is enough to reassure content providers about digitization.
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Hot Type: Publishers Say They Are Not the Enemy in University Copyright Disputes
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Five Things That University Presses Should Know About Working With Libraries
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If You Can Read It, You Can Eat It
The Academic Librarian
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Not Enough Time in the Library
Just because your students are computer-literate doesn't mean they are research-literate.
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Subject Experts Need Not Apply
Recent job postings and hires suggest that many academic libraries are losing interest in hiring humanities Ph.D.'s
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- Turning Ph.D.'s into Librarians
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