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Jane Austen’s Free Indirect Speech

A short explanation of one way that Jane Austen changed literature.

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 19, 2024
  • 5 Comments

The Evolution of Pronunciation

Which words do you mispronounce? Or rather, which words that you mispronounce today will eventually be “correct”?

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 5, 2024
  • 3 Comments

The Stories Behind English Letters

If you’re reading this, odds are you know the 26 letters in the English alphabet. But do you know how they came to their current forms?

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 29, 2024
  • 1 Comment

“Mrs. Foster Has Sworn A Rape”; or, What Do We Owe? Generosity, Attribution, and the Perilous Invisibility of Research Infrastructure

Attribution has many virtues, but among them it can make visible the vast infrastructure of research for a public largely unaware or unconcerned with how much hard-won knowledge, including creative endeavor, that research has facilitated.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jan 18, 2024
  • 7 Comments

When Contractions Don’t Work

Why do some contractions work and others don’t?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 12, 2024
  • 2 Comments

The Year in Review: 2023 in The Scholarly Kitchen

Before we launch into 2024, a look back at 2023 in The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 2, 2024
  • 2 Comments

Quantifying Consolidation in the Scholarly Journals Market

We all know the journals market has rapidly consolidated over recent years. But where’s the data? I set out to find some numbers to put behind the common sense.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 30, 2023
  • 26 Comments

Fun with Toponyms

Place names tell us all sorts of interesting things about history and people. Also, what is the longest one word place name in the world?

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 27, 2023
  • 1 Comment

The British Library: The Importance of Legal Deposit

“This library has every book ever published.” A visit to the British Library.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 13, 2023
  • 2 Comments

Libraries, Archives, Choice and Red Envelopes: The Growth of Streaming, the Decline of Choice, and the Death of the Red Envelope

The role of libraries and archives as streaming grows, choice declines, and the death of the red envelopes arrives.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • 3 Comments

Appeals Court Rules That Library of Congress Can No Longer Require Deposit of Published Works

An appeals court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the government to require deposit of published works in the Library of Congress

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Sep 5, 2023
  • 6 Comments

The Size of Things: Historical Overlaps

What else was happening during well known historical events? Where did the fax machine and the Oregon Trail overlap? What about Woolly Mammoths and the Great Pyramids?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 25, 2023
  • 1 Comment

The Size of Things: Time in Context

What does the timeline of human existence look like when physically laid out to scale? How does that compare to the timeline of the universe?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 23, 2023
  • 5 Comments

Design Matters: Critiquing US Flag Designs

How well-designed is your state’s flag?

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 7, 2023
  • 7 Comments

Is the Letter “R” a Vowel? What is a Vowel Anyway, and What Does How You Pronounce “R” Say About You?

Did your teacher lie to you when they told you that the only vowels were A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y?

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 10, 2023
  • 1 Comment

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