The September 2008 issue of the Journal of American History contains the transcript of an interchange between eight leaders in the field of digital history. The transcript, which is finally available online (why it wasn’t make open access from the start I can’t imagine), should be required reading, not only for those working in or…
Author: Mills
Yet Another Attempt at Digital Books
I’ve been thinking about digital books a lot lately. Perhaps it’s because I was on a panel at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies that was devoted to the future of Slavic library collections archives in the digital age. I’m also on the editorial board of a print-on-demand…
Remembering Sergeant Philler
Today in America we pause to remember the service of veterans who served in our armed forces. For the past decade or so, the generation who fought in the Second World War and in Korea has largely passed away, leaving behind family and friends who honor their memories. Early this morning, Sergeant Henry Philler, who…
Good-bye, Mr. Chips
After being completely consumed with various and sundry crises completely outside the normal crises that are part of the professor’s job description, I’ve finally begun to catch up on reading various things I had to put aside for later. I’m sorry to say, one of the first things I read was Mark Edmundson’s “Geek Lessons”…