Paula Kaufman, Dean of the University of Illinois Libraries, measures the ROI of the University of Illinois libraries based on grants received by the University written with references to university […]
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A Pedagogy of Questioning
The production editors in the Journals Department at UIP occasionally get to work with the famous as well as the thoughtful, and I couldn’t help but notice that among the […]
Ours was a mad, little, spicey world
On the drive to Chicago yesterday afternoon for the Press’s 90th anniversary reception at UIC‘s Hull-House Museum (photos coming soon), most of the conversation was loosely work related. The drive home last night was more […]
PBS affiliate explores a Lincoln-Douglas debate
WTVP, the PBS affiliate in the Bloomington-Peoria corridor of central Illinois, will air an hour long program titled Lincoln and Douglas at Galesburg—The Great Debate at 8:10 p.m., Thursday, September […]
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The Irish Times review of “Neil Jordan”
The August 9, 2008, edition of The Irish Times reviewed Maria Pramaggiore’s contribution to our Contemporary Film Directors series, Neil Jordan, in conjunction with a new book about the director […]
Celebrating a gridiron ghost
John Carroll, author of the University of Illinois Press book Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football, will be a 4:00 p.m. featured speaker at “A Celebration of Red […]
University of Illinois Press story in “Inside Illinois”
The August 21, 2008, edition of Inside Illinois reports on the Press’s 90th anniversary. […]
Word Cloud
So I saw this book publisher’s manifesto as a cool word cloud at The Digitalist and decided to make a wordle from our mission statement. Here it is in full […]
New marketing idea via Penn State Univ. Press and NASCAR?
Penn State University Press has a fun, informative blog. Here’s their idea for Expanding the Marketing Base. Wait, was that PSU Press’s way of getting ME to tell YOU about their […]
I’m a social networker, yes I am
OK, I recently joined Shelfari, Goodreads, and Library Thing to see what they’re all about. I’m in the process of adding books to my shelves but do I really need […]
What do you use as a bookmark?
This morning Shelf Awareness alerted its readers to a piece on the AbeBooks website about items that have been found in used books, long-forgotten by the original owner. $40,000, anyone? […]