Comments on: The statue on the green: the fate of small literary journals http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Caveat Lector » Blog Archive » This rat’s back http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-478202 Caveat Lector » Blog Archive » This rat’s back Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57:11 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-478202 [...] to a hurricane of bureaucratic tsuris surrounding what I do and what I’d like to do, to yet another in the long string of accusations from various parts of constituting Part Of The Problem, to spending much too much time getting video ripped and conference posters printed, [...] [...] to a hurricane of bureaucratic tsuris surrounding what I do and what I’d like to do, to yet another in the long string of accusations from various parts of constituting Part Of The Problem, to spending much too much time getting video ripped and conference posters printed, [...]

]]> By: Loose Cannon Librarian » IL envy http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-79796 Loose Cannon Librarian » IL envy Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:47:21 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-79796 [...] ready for prime time just yet (they’re getting there) and sometimes, gosh darn it, we just like print better (and still need [...] [...] ready for prime time just yet (they’re getting there) and sometimes, gosh darn it, we just like print better (and still need [...]

]]> By: Lit mag costs: several more reality checks http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-73279 Lit mag costs: several more reality checks Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:20:07 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-73279 [...] when I write about libraries dropping subscriptions to print literary magazines, at least one person says, [...] [...] when I write about libraries dropping subscriptions to print literary magazines, at least one person says, [...]

]]> By: anonymous http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-72390 anonymous Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:08:55 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-72390 Not for or against...just thought I'd mention that, when you are looking at the cost you also need to look at the staff time and materials involved in purchasing, cataloging, receiving, shelving, and circulating multiple subscriptions to physical journals as a opposed to the databases. Not for or against…just thought I’d mention that, when you are looking at the cost you also need to look at the staff time and materials involved in purchasing, cataloging, receiving, shelving, and circulating multiple subscriptions to physical journals as a opposed to the databases.

]]> By: 1,041 subscriptions to The Missouri Review « BREVITY’s Creative Nonfiction Blog http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-71102 1,041 subscriptions to The Missouri Review « BREVITY’s Creative Nonfiction Blog Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:35:28 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-71102 [...] October 16th, 2007 Yes, BREVITY is a digital journal, but we still love our print brethren.  An interesting post on the fate of paper journals at Free Range Librarian: [...] [...] October 16th, 2007 Yes, BREVITY is a digital journal, but we still love our print brethren.  An interesting post on the fate of paper journals at Free Range Librarian: [...]

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-68247 K.G. Schneider Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:04:00 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-68247 Brenda, I recently had to download an LTR in its entirety, chapter by chapter. Then I printed it out... basically recreating a print document.... because it's not comfortable to read PDFs on-screen. This was very much the microfiche on the college commons. Brenda, I recently had to download an LTR in its entirety, chapter by chapter. Then I printed it out… basically recreating a print document…. because it’s not comfortable to read PDFs on-screen. This was very much the microfiche on the college commons.

]]> By: Laptops vs. the Digital Divide « Adventures in the Wild West Library Frontier http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-68245 Laptops vs. the Digital Divide « Adventures in the Wild West Library Frontier Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:56:04 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-68245 [...] models will not replace the need for print journals (The Free Range Librarian recently had a good post about the need for small literary journals to continue to publish in print - reading them online is [...] [...] models will not replace the need for print journals (The Free Range Librarian recently had a good post about the need for small literary journals to continue to publish in print – reading them online is [...]

]]> By: The 541 diary » Blog Archive » Serendipity http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-67956 The 541 diary » Blog Archive » Serendipity Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:29:43 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-67956 [...] 541 course for 2007, and in a nice example of serendipity, Karen G. Schneider has written about print publications and their electronic counterparts in her blog, Free Range Librarian. She makes some interesting comments about context and reading, [...] [...] 541 course for 2007, and in a nice example of serendipity, Karen G. Schneider has written about print publications and their electronic counterparts in her blog, Free Range Librarian. She makes some interesting comments about context and reading, [...]

]]> By: Brenda Chawner http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-67954 Brenda Chawner Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:20:56 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-67954 Karen, I think you make a very important point here — there is often a significant difference between a hard copy publication (particularly journals) and the electronic version available from publishers or aggregators. My favourite example is ALA's Library Technology Reports. In library jargon, this serial is (usually) published as a monographic series, with each issue written by a single author, focusing on a particular topic. I no longer have access to a hard copy in my library, and every aggregator I've come across who provides LTR presents each issue as a series of individual articles. This means that to read an entire issue (which is usually what I want to do), I need to download many individual pdfs, which takes time and is then fiddly to read. I suspect some aggregators might also see my downloading an entire issue as an indication of 'systematic downloading', not trying to read the entire issue as intended. Karen, I think you make a very important point here — there is often a significant difference between a hard copy publication (particularly journals) and the electronic version available from publishers or aggregators.

My favourite example is ALA’s Library Technology Reports. In library jargon, this serial is (usually) published as a monographic series, with each issue written by a single author, focusing on a particular topic. I no longer have access to a hard copy in my library, and every aggregator I’ve come across who provides LTR presents each issue as a series of individual articles. This means that to read an entire issue (which is usually what I want to do), I need to download many individual pdfs, which takes time and is then fiddly to read. I suspect some aggregators might also see my downloading an entire issue as an indication of ‘systematic downloading’, not trying to read the entire issue as intended.

]]> By: genevieve http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-67833 genevieve Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:18:34 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/07/the-statue-on-the-green-the-fate-of-small-literary-journals/#comment-67833 I have to agree that there is room for ambivalence within all our positions - a few months back, I reviewed the website of my favourite litjournal, HEAT, which I lOOOVE getting in my letterbox. Just LOVE it to death. Have given it pride of place in a recent shelving shuffle. But had to give the website black marks for not using content teasers to sell subscriptions - bad website, but fabulous hard-copy publishers. It's not like I'm asking them to create a surrogate, though - I want people to buy the real thing. I have to agree that there is room for ambivalence within all our positions – a few months back, I reviewed the website of my favourite litjournal, HEAT, which I lOOOVE getting in my letterbox. Just LOVE it to death. Have given it pride of place in a recent shelving shuffle. But had to give the website black marks for not using content teasers to sell subscriptions – bad website, but fabulous hard-copy publishers. It’s not like I’m asking them to create a surrogate, though – I want people to buy the real thing.

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