In this highly provocative and frequently humorous collection of essays, Blaise Cronin scrutinizes the world of North American librarianship, highlighting its excesses and inconsistencies. From pornography and censorship to the idiocies of accreditation; from feminist scholarship to the rhetoric of the digital divide; from faculty status for librarians to developments in electronic scholarship; from information warfare to the role of the American Library Association this book is an engaging tour of 'Libraryland.'
In this highly provocative and frequently humorous collection of essays, Blaise Cronin scrutinizes the world of North American librarianship, highlighting its excesses and inconsistencies. From pornography and censorship to the idiocies of accreditation; from feminist scholarship to the rhetoric of the digital divide; from faculty status for librarians to developments in electronic scholarship; from information warfare to the role of the American Library Association this book is an engaging tour of 'Libraryland.'
Chapter 1 Credits Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Accreditation: Retool It or Kill It Chapter 4 Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Chapter 5 Accreditation Anew Chapter 6 Uporn My Word! Chapter 7 Whatever Happened to Common Sense? Chapter 8 Common Nonsense Chapter 9 Selection and Censorship: Splitting Hairs Chapter 10 Customer Satisfaction Chapter 11 Rank Injustice? Chapter 12 For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls Chapter 13 The Mother of All Myths Chapter 14 Mything the Point Chapter 15 The View from the Trenches Chapter 16 The Dreaded "L" Word Chapter 17 Postprofessionalism Chapter 18 Process Fetish Chapter 19 A Safe Haven Chapter 20 A Community Intelligence Service Chapter 21 Peer Review and the Stuff of Scholarship Chapter 22 The End of First Sale Chapter 23 The Digital Divide Chapter 24 Celebrity Challenged Chapter 25 Postmodern Periphrasis Chapter 26 Plagiarism and Political Correctness Chapter 27 Postscript to Plagiarism Chapter 28 Amazons R Us Chapter 29 Angry Amazons Chapter 30 Margaret Rufsvold, Pioneer Chapter 31 Of Books and Bottles Chapter 32 Milquetoast and Cookies Chapter 33 The University Press Chapter 34 Locus Classicus Chapter 35 The Joys of JESSE Chapter 36 Welcome to My Web World Chapter 37 The Knowledge Management Drug Chapter 38 Information Warfare Chapter 39 Postscript to Information Warfare Chapter 40 Digibabble Chapter 41 Digibabble Meets Ptolemy Chapter 42 The Last Resort Chapter 43 Will E-Publishing Save Academic Research? Chapter 44 Acknowledged but Ignored: Credit Where Credit's Due Chapter 45 New Age Numerology: A Gloss on Apostol Chapter 46 The Warholian Moment and Other Proto-indicators of Scholarly Salience Chapter 47 About the Author
Chapter 1 Credits Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Accreditation: Retool It or Kill It Chapter 4 Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Chapter 5 Accreditation Anew Chapter 6 Uporn My Word! Chapter 7 Whatever Happened to Common Sense? Chapter 8 Common Nonsense Chapter 9 Selection and Censorship: Splitting Hairs Chapter 10 Customer Satisfaction Chapter 11 Rank Injustice? Chapter 12 For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls Chapter 13 The Mother of All Myths Chapter 14 Mything the Point Chapter 15 The View from the Trenches Chapter 16 The Dreaded "L" Word Chapter 17 Postprofessionalism Chapter 18 Process Fetish Chapter 19 A Safe Haven Chapter 20 A Community Intelligence Service Chapter 21 Peer Review and the Stuff of Scholarship Chapter 22 The End of First Sale Chapter 23 The Digital Divide Chapter 24 Celebrity Challenged Chapter 25 Postmodern Periphrasis Chapter 26 Plagiarism and Political Correctness Chapter 27 Postscript to Plagiarism Chapter 28 Amazons R Us Chapter 29 Angry Amazons Chapter 30 Margaret Rufsvold, Pioneer Chapter 31 Of Books and Bottles Chapter 32 Milquetoast and Cookies Chapter 33 The University Press Chapter 34 Locus Classicus Chapter 35 The Joys of JESSE Chapter 36 Welcome to My Web World Chapter 37 The Knowledge Management Drug Chapter 38 Information Warfare Chapter 39 Postscript to Information Warfare Chapter 40 Digibabble Chapter 41 Digibabble Meets Ptolemy Chapter 42 The Last Resort Chapter 43 Will E-Publishing Save Academic Research? Chapter 44 Acknowledged but Ignored: Credit Where Credit's Due Chapter 45 New Age Numerology: A Gloss on Apostol Chapter 46 The Warholian Moment and Other Proto-indicators of Scholarly Salience Chapter 47 About the Author
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
