CCCC 2008
I got back from CCCC not long ago. Good stuff: Our panel about journals was well-received. Derek’s talk, “How Archives Learn,” applied Steward Brand’s book How Buildings Learn to archives, especially...
View ArticleWhat’s next for CF
It’s great to have Composition Forum on its own domain. That gives me latitude to do a lot more than I was able at FAU. Not long ago I added Peter Suber’s Open Access News to my feeds, and I’ve found...
View ArticleSpotlight and FileVault
I wrote earlier about whole disk encryption, and my decision to try some systems and report back here. Because I’ve been traveling lately it was time, so I turned on FileVault. I’m pleased to say I...
View ArticleSabbatical plans
The week before Thanksgiving, my application for an AY2010-11 sabbatical was approved. Assuming the Illinois budget crisis doesn’t undo it all, I’ll be at half salary for that year, with continued...
View ArticleSuber on findability
In the July issue of the Open Access newsletter, Peter Suber addresses findability when discussing the showdown between Nature’s publisher (NPG) and the University of California. (UC is balking at a...
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