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New York Art - 2009's Best Comics and Graphic Novels - page 1
'Yeah, yeah, the Internet is killing the printed page—it was in all the papers. But four-color inks may yet rescue publishing from the gray dawn of Kindle-dom.'
Books of The Times - Whodunit - P. D. James’s ‘Talking About Detective Fiction’ - Review - NYTimes.com
'In her avid book-length essay on the roots, ethics and methods of the detective story, P. D. James places an imaginary traveler in a hotel room where there are two books beside the bed. One book is a prestigious literary prizewinner; the other is an old chestnut by Agatha Christie.'
News: A Win for the Stacks - Inside Higher Ed
'While a local off-site storage facility may be a viable option, there’s still the question of why so many books need to be removed from a seven-story 1970s building that was built to have a capacity of more than 2 million volumes – half of what the library has today.
The reason, Thorin conceded, is that the library has shifted to become a Learning Commons, a building that houses books, but also has a cafe, study spaces and classrooms. “The library has tripled in use since creating the Learning Commons,” she said. “It is a key place where lots of things happen, but some people see it as a distancing away from the true purpose of a library. I see it as moving closer to that'
News: 'Art School' - Inside Higher Ed
'What does it mean to be an art school today? How should art education regroup and evolve in response to changes in the art world, higher education, information technology, the art market and the broader economy -- and what should it mean to be an art school tomorrow?
These are some of the many issues addressed in Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century) (MIT Press), a new book edited by Steven Henry Madoff, who is senior critic at the Yale University School of Art. The book contains essays, questionnaire interviews, and transcripts of conversations by and among prominent artists and art educators, all of them addressing the mission and means of the art school.'
Awful Library Books
"This site is a collection of public library holdings that we find amusing and maybe questionable for public libraries trying to maintain a current and relevant collection. Contained in this site are actual library holdings. No libraries are specifically mentioned to protect our submitters who might disagree with a particular collection policy. (A good librarian would probably be able to track down the holding libraries without too much trouble anyway…)"
Longfellow to Linda Lovelace - Harvard’s ‘New Literary History of America’ - NYTimes.com
'With entries on the porn star Linda Lovelace, the indie film “Wild Style” and Hurricane Katrina, it is clear that “A New Literary History of America” is not your typical Harvard University Press anthology. Although it has many features of an academic compendium — page numbers that reach into four digits and scores of scholarly contributors — this new collection of essays, being released on Wednesday, roams far beyond any standard definition of literature. Aside from compositions that contain the written word, its subjects include war memorials, jazz, museums, comic strips, film, radio, musicals, skyscrapers, cybernetics and photography.'
English Short Title Catalog
MARSBest annotation: "This resource for advanced research in the humanities indexes works published in the British Isles and North America between 1473 and 1800. Basic and advanced search options are available, as well as a browsing feature. Bibliographic data includes imprints and physical descriptions of each item. Because many of these works can be found in the Early English Books Online and the 18th Century Collection Online, this site also lists libraries holding physical copies and gives microfilm collection reel numbers. Finally, the site supplies information if the resources are available electronically or on the web." \nAuthor/Publisher: British Library\nFree/Fee-based: Free\nDate reviewed: February 22, 2009
BookFinder.com: Search for New & Used Books, Textbooks, Out-of-Print and Rare Books
MARSBest annotation: "BookFinder.com is a “one-stop ecommerce search engine” that indexes over 150 million books for sale from the catalogs of over 150 million sellers in 50 countries. Included are new, used, rare and out-of-print titles. With its huge inventory, users can compare prices and selections quickly, particularly for hard to find items. It is easy to use and flexible. There are many ways to locate items: author, title, ISBN, first or signed copies, binding, price, language, and whether new or used. While Amazon is a gold mine, BookFinder.com is definitely a gem!"
Author/Publisher: Launched by Anirvan Chatterjee, and now an independent subsidiary of AbeBooks.
Free/Fee-based: Free
Date Reviewed: 2/26/09
David Brown Book Company
Archaelogy, medieval, art books--many remaindered.
6 Lessons One Campus Learned About E-Textbooks - Chronicle.com
"Then the university ran a pilot study with the Sony Reader, a device much like the Kindle (Sony was more responsive to the university's calls than Amazon was). University officials learned some sobering lessons about electronic books. Students who got the machines quickly asked for their printed books back because it was so awkward to navigate inside the e-books (though a newer version of the device works more gracefully)."
Introduction - History of the Book in Canada - Library and Archives Canada
"the Web site contains comprehensive bibliographic, geographic, and biographic data about Canada's print culture from its beginnings in the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century. The databases will be of interest to scholars in many subject areas, as well as students, teachers, librarians, archivists, and anyone curious about Canadian history."
Books of The Times - ‘Lost in the Meritocracy,’ by Walter Kirn - Whiz Kid, Hold That Attitude! - Review - NYTimes.com
'"Lost in the Meritocracy” is too slickly rendered to be surprising. But its college stories are deft and often great fun. That artfulness is impressive, given that Mr. Kirn’s idea of art as a third grader was “any useless, random object created in order to break up the school day and then toted home to show off to one’s parents, after which it was misplaced or thrown away.” '
Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter
"These authors were culled from the list in favor of those writers who are trying to carry on a conversation with their followers and present information they might find valuable, whether it directly benefits them or not."
‘The Elements of Style’ Turns 50 - NYTimes.com
"However (a proper way to begin a sentence?), White acknowledged that he treasured the book not only for its sharp advice but also for Strunk’s audacity in promulgating the rules in the first place, which, White figured, were originally devised as a shortcut in correcting students’papers."
Scribd
"Full books, sneak previews, and exclusive content from major publishers now available on Scribd. Books and exclusive excerpts from your favorite best-selling authors are now available on Scribd!"
Farewell to the Printed Monograph
'Within two years, press officials expect well over 50 of the 60-plus monographs that the press publishes each year -- currently in book form -- to be released only in digital editions. Readers will still be able to use print-on-demand systems to produce
The New Book Banning by Walter Olson, City Journal 12 February 2009
'People who deal in children’s books for a livelihood now face unpleasant choices. Valerie Jacobsen of Clinton, Wisconsin, who owns a small used-book store and has sold over the Internet since 1995, commented at my blog, Overlawyered: “Our bookstore is th
Google’s Digitized Book Project Hinges on a Retro Kind of Search - NYTimes.com
"The almost comically sweeping attempt to reach the world’s entire literate population is a reflection of the ambitions of the Google Book Search project, in which the company hopes to digitize every book — famous or not, in any language, published anywhe
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