And Now We Are Four!
The Scholarly Kitchen turns four. Are we losing our ability to be provocative, interesting, insightful, and engaging? We’re just getting started . . .
Criss-cross Applesauce — Multiplication in Japan
A fascinating video showing another way to multiply moderately big numbers, courtesy of Japan.
The Joy of Books — A Short, Inspired Film Full of Passion
Passions die harder than businesses, and when passions energize a business, little miracles can happen, as this short film demonstrates.
Paper and Press — How Vanishing Technologies Become More Precious
Two shops from a bygone era fight for survival in downtown Los Angeles. Moving into the future doesn’t guarantee that things improve or become more edifying, as this video shows.
Ask the Chefs: "What Was the Best Conference You Attended This Year, and Why?"
Conferences are a vital place to exchange information and ideas for publishers and other information specialists. Which meetings stood out in 2011?
Red, Green, and Blue — The Library Classification System Parody
Full of “all kinds of odd mappings between the categories and the world they describe,” library organizational systems get a jolly send-up in this pre-Google British comedy sketch.
Wile E. Coyote and Print Publishing — The Tragicomedy of Desperate Measures
Print aficionados and newspaper companies are rushing to bridge a chasm, but even their ACME product may not be enough.
"The Eve of Destruction," Now on YouTube
Publishers habitually adopt a pessimistic outlook about their business, but the trends for the industry are very good. Pessimism is the real problem.
"Librarians" — An Endangered Species?
A recent analysis suggests some worrisome trends for librarianship.
Capturing Words — Revisiting the Echoes of History
Words persist, but the form they take can change something fundamental in their meaning.
"The Making of a Scholarly Journal" Video — Perhaps Inducing More Nostalgia Than Intended
A nice video documenting how a humanities journal is made inadvertently hits on some other themes, almost by exclusion.
Mourning the Printed Book — The Aesthetic and Sensory Deprivation of E-books
Nostalgia about the book will be upon us soon enough. But we’ve been down similar paths before, and so have prior generations.
"Stick to Your Ribs" Posts — Introducing a Feature for Posts With Enduring Quality and Great Taste
A new feature for May — the weekly “Stick to Your Ribs” post will serve delicious favorites from our deep archives.
The Free Lunch Is Over: Scholarly Kitchen to Erect Pay Wall Tomorrow
It’s time to pay up! The Kitchen ends free meals for freeloaders.