The 696 independent study is starting out as a literature review of risk in institutional repositories — where it’s perceived to lie, and, what’s interesting to me, who makes the actual decisions? The OAIS model defines the functions of an archival process but leaves the specifics of implementation to each institution. So, for various managerial [...]
Tagged 696, 780, literature reviewI unpack my stuff in the SILS liberry [1] and start researching. The Maternalistical Cassidy wheels in with Anastasia and asks if I have lunch plans. I pack up my stuff and we go to lunch (very pleasant). I unpack my stuff in the SILS liberry and start researching. People people people walk by and [...]
Tagged DoIReallyWantaPhd?, TheAdjectivalCassidy, TheBeauteousLizHaunting poem. Leddy on academic entitlement. Why I don’t use “lol” in emails. Example 2 is the killer. Brooks on the benevolent power of institutional thinking. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city? Wonder no more with the Ground Zero Calculator. [via Librarian of Fortune]
Tagged academia, poetryCover of 7 Up Since our 780 Research Methods class doesn’t have a Blackboard site for the class, I’ll post my various links and thoughts to the blog, tagged with “780.” I wonder if Michael Apted’s wonderful Up series of documentary interviews would be an example of a kinda sorta longitudinal study or panel study? [...]
Tagged 780, Seth RobertsImage via Wikipedia Packed about 15 books (about half of them small cartooning or graphic novel-type books), of which I expect I’ll read 1.5. Right now am knocking back about 40 pgs/day of Lewis Shiner’s Black and White, which makes excellent use of its Durham background and locale. Was up till about 2 am the [...]
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