Many university consortia are attempting bold new deals to breakdown the high costs associated with academic publishing and its current restrictions on open access. The new model driving these changes is known as “publish-and-read” and so far, there have been successes in establishing these sort …
Author: Mitchell
Hey! I want one of those: The Library’s role in OER
When participating in DigPins was originally pitched to me, I had some hesitations. See, I’m one of those librarians that has carefully guided their career to avoid the inside of a classroom—we exist mostly on the collection/tech side of libraries. Despite avoiding the classroom, I …
My two Twitters
After making the effort to expand the accounts that I follow on Twitter and look for professional communities and opportunities to engage with in developing a PLN, my Twitter feed now feels like I’m standing in the median of the Autobahn. At the suggestion of …
In praise of idleness…kind of
At some point in grad school, I found myself reading Bertrand Russell’s “In Praise of Idleness” and while the details of his argument are lost to me now, the title and the simple message that it carries has always stuck with me—I’ve always thought the …
