Category Archives: Thoughts

This weekend I attended the smart, erudite, and emotional conference in celebration of Daniel Traister. As usual, I walked away thinking Librarians are deeply learned, wildly valuable folk. In the first day Keynote, Roger Chartier tossed off a comment on … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Andrew Carnegie lately. Specifically about the more than 2,600 libraries that he donated to various municipalities around the world in the first quarter of the twentieth century. What a thought: give a building … Continue reading →

Harry’s Nightmares

Spring Break is drawing to a close. I hope everyone enjoyed the time away. Ken Tompkins just sent a link to an interesting article on the current and future status of the ebook, entitled “Bones of the Book,” by Robert … Continue reading →

I am rereading Lynn Truss’s Eats, Shoots & Leaves, and see that she mentions Paul Robinson’s “The Philosophy of Punctuation.” It is a thought-provoking article, more about good writing than punctuation, and perhaps useful to folks in all three of … Continue reading →

I have come across the following clause in a discussion about the wide distribution of scholarly works, both good and bad: “. . . we just have to take the time to read and weed out the good and the … Continue reading →

Finalizing details for tomorrow’s classes, I revisited my bibliographer page on the Punctuation blog. I added a picture of Lynn Truss (of Eats, Shoots and Leaves fame), and a link to her web site. She joins James Murray and Eric … Continue reading →

Glance at the nav bar and you’ll find a link for Stanford Library 1906 under Cool Old Libraries. It is a postcard of the ruins of the Stanford Library, badly shaken in the 1906 “San Francisco” earthquake. Google “Stanford Library … Continue reading →

We have come to that point in the semester when major assignments are coming due. This Tuesday I have papers due in two of my classes and a exam on punctuation in the third. I’ll have plenty of good reading … Continue reading →

This morning in Punctuation I discussed one particular exhibit at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia (it had some connection to a major point under discussion); in Research we reviewed some excellent advice on plagiarism by my wise colleague Deb Gussman; … Continue reading →