tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.comments2018-03-02T13:56:51.363-05:00In the beginningJanice R. Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-87795801047275591102011-12-25T20:49:17.189-05:002011-12-25T20:49:17.189-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.siterightnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841236221202393315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-60074420752817542252010-05-28T16:22:16.149-05:002010-05-28T16:22:16.149-05:00Sherman Dorn's "An immodest and hopefully...Sherman Dorn's "An immodest and hopefully obvious proposal for electronic citations" at <a href="http://www.shermandorn.com/mt/archives/003220.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.shermandorn.com/mt/archives/003220.html</a> recommends using location numbers (in lieu of page numbers) for iPad texts. My response (posted to Facebook):<br /><br />Someone really needs to buy me a Kindle, and iPod, and an iPad, so I can see for myself, but this DID come up in a panel I was on last week at the Computers and Writing Conference. Obviously "page" numbers no longer work, but I wonder why we would need such location references for digital texts, if we can search for the text electronically? Are we just so enamored of parentheses that we have to find SOMETHING to go in them?<br /><br />Heh. :() (Heh--an emoticon with parentheses!)Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-20592405856903226702009-12-24T09:52:32.971-05:002009-12-24T09:52:32.971-05:00As an undergrad, I conducted much of my "rese...As an undergrad, I conducted much of my "research" in the public library rather than the university library (for reasons of proximity and time!). I had never heard of "peer review" and wouldn't have known a scholarly journal if it bit me! Of course, this was all pre-digital age, so Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, and edited anthologies were my mainstays. But we seem to expect more of our undergrad students today.Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-59958634876243707792009-10-04T12:05:35.269-05:002009-10-04T12:05:35.269-05:00I was struck by this, because my undergraduate -- ...I was struck by this, because my undergraduate -- and much of my graduate -- experience was just the same: "But I had never heard of “peer review” and I had no idea what a scholarly journal was or how to go about finding one until the first semester of grad school. Instead, I culled information from such sources as newspapers and magazines."<br />Yep. And you (and I) considered (and our students still consider) what they were finding "information" rather than discourse.Russ Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720677477964266661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-50815936388193480122009-03-16T18:51:00.000-05:002009-03-16T18:51:00.000-05:00Yeah, and now I guess it's time for me to start ra...Yeah, and now I guess it's time for me to start ranting even louder. :)Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-61005332277256407102009-03-16T18:43:00.000-05:002009-03-16T18:43:00.000-05:00I just like the fact that MLA tries to keep up wit...I just like the fact that MLA tries to keep up with the Internet with A BOOK!<BR/><BR/>I remember you ranting about this over ten years ago...GRLucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909570486530502125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-11398494176197495232008-11-05T15:33:00.000-05:002008-11-05T15:33:00.000-05:00I've got a copy, and it's not pretty!I've got a copy, and it's not pretty!Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-35959914122130749942008-09-26T08:16:00.000-05:002008-09-26T08:16:00.000-05:00Thanks for the clarification! :)We should have th...Thanks for the clarification! :)<BR/><BR/>We should have the new MLA Style Manual in the library before long, if we can find some money somewhere. But at least we already have the 2nd edition of the Columbia!<BR/><BR/>Your rant speaks my mind.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/>JonathanJonathan Harwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699706385161287613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-56566819478821502572007-10-30T14:17:00.000-05:002007-10-30T14:17:00.000-05:00Right now, the first life is all I can handle! Bu...Right now, the first life is all I can handle! But we did have a Tuesday Cafe reunion this past Tuesday. Okay, so we met in a MOO--http://acadianamoo.org/--we're SO 20th century, huh? :)Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-89107684686033731502007-10-30T14:11:00.000-05:002007-10-30T14:11:00.000-05:00Yeah, I'm pretty bad about keeping mine current, t...Yeah, I'm pretty bad about keeping mine current, too. Since I found you, I'll be checking back.<BR/><BR/>How come you're not on Second Life?GRLucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909570486530502125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-44731372001872045672007-10-30T12:02:00.000-05:002007-10-30T12:02:00.000-05:00Yeah, what can I say except I'm mired in squirrel ...Yeah, what can I say except I'm mired in squirrel splat.... :)<BR/><BR/>Ok, no more excuses....<BR/><BR/>And, hey, it's good to "see" you again!Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-88287058180654021872007-10-30T11:58:00.000-05:002007-10-30T11:58:00.000-05:00I've had worse days than that! ;-)Janice, you need...I've had worse days than that! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Janice, you need to update your blog. It's going on a year.GRLucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909570486530502125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18768861.post-1131480036598898072005-11-08T15:00:00.000-05:002005-11-08T15:00:00.000-05:00Ok, now THIS could be useful! (What? doesn't every...Ok, now THIS could be useful! (What? doesn't everyone comment on their own blogger posts??)Janice R. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380707431489308276noreply@blogger.com