Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Liberal Arts Meet the Data Revolution

i got this in the list serv today:

"This is the first in a series of articles about how digital tools are
changing scholarship in history, literature and the arts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/arts/17digital.html?_r=1

"In Mr. Scheinfeldt’s view academia has moved into “a post-theoretical
age.” This “methodological moment,” he said, is similar to the late
19th and early 20th centuries, when scholars were preoccupied with
collating and cataloging the flood of information brought about by
revolutions in communication, transportation and science."

If the NY Times is right, the future for our profession should be bright."

RIGHT ON.
Also, the other day in Book Arts, we talked about how Kelmscott Manor was flooded this past summer and how they need Conservators. Sweetest job ever!
I love getting this Masters because it allows you to be focused and broad in your intellectual and career ambitions AT THE SAME TIME.

A-to the - MAZING, people!

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