The Chronicle of Higher Education has published a challenge to the continued
existence of scholarly e-mail discussion lists.
The article, "Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for
Relevance" is available to everyone for five days at this address:
http://chronicle.com/temp/
On 30 Jun 2009 at 7:20, Rick Froman wrote:
> The Chronicle of Higher Education has published a challenge to the
> continued existence of scholarly e-mail discussion lists.
>
This doesn't seem to be true for the two lists I subscribe to, one of
them TIPS. Both seem to keep chugging along just as
As Cheiron debates whether or not to continue the traditional
"newsletter," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the
newsletter's most obvious electronic successor is already past its "best
before" date.
"Once they were hosts to lively discussions about academic style and
substance,
I do not have any numbers at the moment. I will be going on sabbatical next
spring and will be researching these types of issues regarding TIPS. My
general perception is that the numbers we have had for the last 5-10 years are
less than they were about 5-7 years into TIPS (1997-1999) but this
One of my early concerns about the internet was that information might be less
stable and accessible in the future than paper publications.
This finally seem to be happening.
Suzi shapiro
sjsha...@iue.edu
Please forgive the brevity.
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>From: "Shapiro, Susan J"
>Subject: RE: [tips] Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight
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>One of my early concerns about the internet was tha
Some psychologists may be interested in a recent post "Re: Change or
Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for Relevance #2"
[Hake (2009c)].
The abstract reads:
ABSTRACT: Jeffrey Young in his "Chronicle of Higher Education" report
"Change or Die
Richard Hake wrote:
> Some psychologists may be interested in a recent post "Re: Change or
> Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for Relevance #2"
> [Hake (2009c)].
>
> The abstract reads:
>
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> ABSTRACT: Jeffrey Young in his "Chronicle of Higher
In my post "Re: Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant,
Fight for Relevance" [Hake (2009a)] I wrote:
"Young (2009) concludes, on the contrary, that email lists remain "a
key tool that just about everyone opens every day. As long as that's
true, the trusty e-mail list will be valua
Christopher DAny possibility that TIPS could be outsourced to Canada? Seems
like James Clark could take on the task.
Michael
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>Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:51:10 -0400
>From: "Shapiro, Susan J"
>Subject: RE: [tips] Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight
eaker Site Profile is:
http://www.speakersite.com/profile/DrRonaldGShapiro
From: Subject: RE: [tips] Change or Die: Scholarly
E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight for Relevance To: "Teaching in the
Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Date: Thu, 2
Jul 2009 07:04:33 -0700 (PDT)
OTOH, I would
on
>Dr. Ronald G. Shapiro
>My Speaker Site Profile is: http://www.speakersite.com/profile/DrRonaldGShapiro
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>From:
>Subject: RE: [tips] Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once Vibrant, Fight
>for Relevance
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
>Date: Thu
The issue of the long-term is what concerns me. Technology and
file-formats are changing very quickly. I have data, documents,
and email that are no longer usable because the hardware and
software are no longer in existence and little attempt is made to
maintain backwards compatibility.
K
In terms of permanent record storage (or at least as permanent as we can get),
nothing will beat the printed, as in hard-copy, word. (Although an argument
can be made for the oral tradition.)
Having said that, while I like the idea of a TIPS archive, I've rarely made use
of it. For me, the val
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In terms of permanent record storage (or at least as permanent as we can get),
nothing will beat the printed, as in hard-copy, word. (Although an argument
can be made for the oral tradition.)
Having
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>Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:01:57 -0500
>From: Rick Froman
>Subject: RE: Fwd: RE: [tips] Change or Die: Scholarly E-Mail Lists, Once
>Vibrant, Fight for Rel
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