On my way to Denver on Tuesday, August 26, I talked to all kinds of excited folk headed to the Democratic National Convention—two sisters from Oakland who got here guerilla […]
Ithaka academic library survey
Last week’s Library Journal Academic Newswire reported the recently released results of Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education. “Faculty researchers increasingly prefer electronic resources, and most […]
Analog or Digital? by Joe
My latest Amazon purchase (burning a Coinstar gift coupon) included three CDs, all released in 2007 or 2008. I could have downloaded the MP3 version more cheaply, but surprisingly I also […]
Book launch for “Life along the Illinois River” set
David Zalaznik, author of the forthcoming photography collection Life along the Illinois River, will sign copies of his book at the Peoria Art Guild on Friday, November 7, 2008, 4:00-7:00 p.m. See […]
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 […]
Thinkin’ Lincoln
This year is the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates and 2009 is the bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. We’re readying a Lincoln cover for our Spring 2009 catalog […]
Will Davis, meet Chase Daniel
I won’t be checking e-mail or watching TV or playing backyard soccer on Saturday evening. I’m making the trip to St. Louis for one of Rivals.com’s five games to watch in […]
Just Landed: New September books and the most detailed account of the Lincoln-Douglas debates
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past two weeks: –Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy and Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era by Lorna Rivera (September 15, […]
Dowling on The Faith Middleton Show
Robert Dowling, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Slumming in New York: From the Waterfront to Mythic Harlem, was interviewed on the August 21, 2008, edition of Connecticut Public […]
Slowride
What ’70s rockers and Guitar Hero 3 contributors will be rockin’ the Urbana Sweet Corn Festival this weekend? If you come out, look for the tallest guy in the crowd […]
Diversify and conquer
Bookseller.com reported this morning on Penguin’s new business venture: “Penguin is launching a dating website aimed at book readers in conjunction with online dating giant Match.com. The service goes live […]
University of Illinois Press story in “Inside Illinois”
The August 21, 2008, edition of Inside Illinois reports on the Press’s 90th anniversary. […]