Frat boys who think Mario Lanza is an Italian sports car; journalists who consider "Man arrested for blowing mucus from nose at an officer" a news story. Welcome to Bloomington: a world of grey cells
Cathedrals of Learning: Great and Ancient Universities of Western Europe provides a conspectus of the great Western European universities, pithily tells their life stories, showcases their architectur
From attacks on affirmative action and a "jeremiad" against letting ill-behaved homeless people into libraries to anger that Christian pastors are burning Harry Potter books, these 33 essays display t
In Pulp Friction, a highly provocative and frequently humorous collection of essays, Blaise Cronin scrutinizes the world of North American librarianship, excoriating its excesses and inconsistencies.
Cronin (information science, Indiana U.-Bloomington) analyzes the new world of science scholarship, which is largely a collaborative process, not just of a small number of colleagues exchanging hand-w
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. Theweb enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available tools and datathat can reveal p
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. Theweb enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available tools and datathat can reveal p
