Comments on: The New University Press

By: Ripping books | PomeRantz

Ripping books | PomeRantz — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:09:53 +0000

[...] wanted to rip my books since I first read this post, in which Alex Halavais describes ripping his own books (to an audience at an AAUP conference, [...]

By: Digitization

Digitization — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:25:52 +0000

[...] Finally, here’s the talk that I mentioned by the professor who is destroying his own books to digitize them: The New University Press [...]

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:59:01 +0000

One product for scanning books in a nondestructive method is the Plustek OpticBook 3600, http://plustek.com/product/book3600.asp

By: Would You Digitize Your Books If You Could? « A Chorus of Echoes

Would You Digitize Your Books If You Could? « A Chorus of Echoes — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:00:52 +0000

[...] was interesting. That article is a summary of posts done on the same subject. Alex Halavais in a post talks about his journey in digitizing his library. The horror for me is that he cuts his books up. [...]

By: Digitizing your own library, and how to build your own book scanner at Roger Pearse

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:53:34 +0000

[...] a post on his blog, A Thaumaturgical Compendium, Mr. Halavais described what he had done to some 800 of [...]

By: Writing practices | A Memorable Fancy

Writing practices | A Memorable Fancy — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:45:48 +0000

[...] in the library, but also at home and in coffeeshops, where I do most of my editing. � (Alex Halavais warns against libraries as distraction-heavy (about halfway down the post), a position with which I partially agree). �Right now for me, home [...]

By: Destroying Books to Save Them | The Athenaeum

Destroying Books to Save Them | The Athenaeum — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:00:21 +0000

[...] his personal book collection of over 3,000 books – and destroying them to do so: In a post on his blog, A Thaumaturgical Compendium, Mr. Halavais described what he had done to some 800 of [...]

By: jhowarddc

jhowarddc — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:18:39 +0000

Hi Alex: Lots to think about here. I will look forward to hearing you present these ideas at #aaup10–and what reax you get. One thing I’m really curious about is the idea that we could or should try to “futureproof ” books. I’m wondering how possible–or even desirable –that is. Maybe you’ll elaborate on that in your talk.

Cheers,

Jen

By: Future of Books « Wir sprechen Online.

Future of Books « Wir sprechen Online. — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:20:52 +0000

[...] Can we get over the books are (not) dead trope? Insightful thoughts on the future of books; http://j.mp/9M8JM6 [...]