Comments on: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same? http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html Learning in Libraries and Loving It Fri, 04 May 2012 00:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bryan's workshop blog http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-1055 Bryan's workshop blog Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:22:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-1055 And what a splendid monograph it is. Seriously, save that for future expansion. And what a splendid monograph it is. Seriously, save that for future expansion.

]]> By: Iris http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-1053 Iris Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:05:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-1053 Hi Bryan. Yes... I have thoughts. See the veritable monograph I sent to you in the form of an email. :-) Hi Bryan. Yes… I have thoughts. See the veritable monograph I sent to you in the form of an email. :-)

]]> By: Bryan's workshop blog http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048 Bryan's workshop blog Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:20:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-1048 That's a keen note about Project Bamboo, that passage about the library lab. <br/><br/>Any thoughts or questions for me to carry to the Bamboo workshop next week? That’s a keen note about Project Bamboo, that passage about the library lab.

Any thoughts or questions for me to carry to the Bamboo workshop next week?

]]> By: Iris http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-998 Iris Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:27:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-998 I just love your last paragraph, Laura. I think you're right, and I think this sense of community is incredibly valuable. <br/><br/>Poser scholar indeed... :P I just love your last paragraph, Laura. I think you’re right, and I think this sense of community is incredibly valuable.

Poser scholar indeed… :P

]]> By: laura http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-991 laura Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:33:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-991 I started my life as a humanities faculty brat, and I was brought up on the idea that scholarship would involve not only reading and writing and thinking but also doing those things in a community. I always expected to have the kind of community of scholar/friends (or friend/scholars) that my parents did--the Inklings transferred to the late 20th century American college towns.<br/><br/>I never really did find exactly that community in college or either of my grad schools, but oddly enough, now that I think about it, the library bloggers I know and converse with regularly are often very much what I had in mind. <br/><br/>I don't know that technology will change humanities scholarship, but it has created the possibility of new kinds of communities of humanities scholars, communities loose enough to include poser scholars like me. :-) I started my life as a humanities faculty brat, and I was brought up on the idea that scholarship would involve not only reading and writing and thinking but also doing those things in a community. I always expected to have the kind of community of scholar/friends (or friend/scholars) that my parents did–the Inklings transferred to the late 20th century American college towns.

I never really did find exactly that community in college or either of my grad schools, but oddly enough, now that I think about it, the library bloggers I know and converse with regularly are often very much what I had in mind.

I don’t know that technology will change humanities scholarship, but it has created the possibility of new kinds of communities of humanities scholars, communities loose enough to include poser scholars like me. :-)

]]> By: Iris http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-973 Iris Thu, 22 May 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-973 You're right, Steve. My "on the other hand" between Wayne's and Dan's posts isn't the best choice of transition because they weren't necessarily contradictory. And you know me... both/and is where I live and breathe most of the time.<br/><br/>And here's a wrinkle that I hadn't thought about until I read your comment. Is it possible that we see in our seniors what grad students and future scholars might be, but that it often gets acculturated out of them in grad school? I know in grad school I was probably a little too concerned with the project of fitting my ideas into accepted modes of scholarship rather than with bending or stretching anything. I really only have my own experience to go off of, though, so this is really just musings brought on by your last paragraph.<br/><br/>Thanks for the tip, Mark. I'll definitely look back at those posts of yours. Also... SLEEP! It's good for you. You’re right, Steve. My “on the other hand” between Wayne’s and Dan’s posts isn’t the best choice of transition because they weren’t necessarily contradictory. And you know me… both/and is where I live and breathe most of the time.

And here’s a wrinkle that I hadn’t thought about until I read your comment. Is it possible that we see in our seniors what grad students and future scholars might be, but that it often gets acculturated out of them in grad school? I know in grad school I was probably a little too concerned with the project of fitting my ideas into accepted modes of scholarship rather than with bending or stretching anything. I really only have my own experience to go off of, though, so this is really just musings brought on by your last paragraph.

Thanks for the tip, Mark. I’ll definitely look back at those posts of yours. Also… SLEEP! It’s good for you.

]]> By: Mark http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-972 Mark Thu, 22 May 2008 06:14:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-972 If you are interested in the library as lab thing then you ought to read and/or listen to Andrew Abbott's recent stuff. I mentioned and linked to them in my reading posts lately. I wanted to say more but haven't been able to.<br/><br/>I'd link you now but I'm at the diner at 1 AM instead of in bed where I was earlier; not sleeping. :( If you are interested in the library as lab thing then you ought to read and/or listen to Andrew Abbott’s recent stuff. I mentioned and linked to them in my reading posts lately. I wanted to say more but haven’t been able to.

I’d link you now but I’m at the diner at 1 AM instead of in bed where I was earlier; not sleeping. :(

]]> By: Steve Lawson http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same.html/comment-page-1#comment-971 Steve Lawson Thu, 22 May 2008 05:23:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008/05/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/#comment-971 Where to begin? Certainly I have been thinking about this stuff, too (I think I have commented on most of the posts you linked to here).<br/><br/>I'm in a both/and kinda mood about this stuff today. I think Wayne Bivens-Tatum is right that there will be a continuum of humanistic thought and practice extending into the past and future. And I think that Dan Cohen is right that new technologies will bring about rich areas of study that weren't possible a short time ago, and that might stretch and bend the definition of the humanities.<br/><br/>I still don't have a handle on Project Bamboo yet, so I'll refrain from comment on that right now.<br/><br/>As for the treehouse/pub/facebook/faculty lounge thing, I suddenly wish that you and I had graduate students at our colleges. Those are the folks who are likely to give us a better idea of where online social networks are likely to take scholarship. They are more likely to be early adopters, and are more likely to be looking for new opportunities and approaches that will help them make their name in the field. Where to begin? Certainly I have been thinking about this stuff, too (I think I have commented on most of the posts you linked to here).

I’m in a both/and kinda mood about this stuff today. I think Wayne Bivens-Tatum is right that there will be a continuum of humanistic thought and practice extending into the past and future. And I think that Dan Cohen is right that new technologies will bring about rich areas of study that weren’t possible a short time ago, and that might stretch and bend the definition of the humanities.

I still don’t have a handle on Project Bamboo yet, so I’ll refrain from comment on that right now.

As for the treehouse/pub/facebook/faculty lounge thing, I suddenly wish that you and I had graduate students at our colleges. Those are the folks who are likely to give us a better idea of where online social networks are likely to take scholarship. They are more likely to be early adopters, and are more likely to be looking for new opportunities and approaches that will help them make their name in the field.

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