Comments on: Late notice; speaking at UND http://www.danreetz.com/blog/2010/03/10/late-notice-speaking-at-und/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: danreetz http://www.danreetz.com/blog/2010/03/10/late-notice-speaking-at-und/comment-page-1/#comment-329 danreetz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:30:16 +0000 http://www.danreetz.com/blog/?p=361#comment-329 Few people showed up -- there might have been a dozen. But they were good people, including library folks, writers, and disability services (tasked with scanning for all kinds of people), and so we had a pretty good conversation. Two interesting points came out. One is that academics fear the loss of small presses/print labels because they need books published to get tenure. (In other words, the problem with book piracy and digital books wrecking small publishers is actually a tenure-system problem, not necessarily a piracy problem)... two, the disability services claimed that these academic presses were by far the worst in being helpful/handing over digital copies of work for the disabled. I don't think any UND legal eagles were there, though. :\ After that, we had a great meal and some drinks at the Toasted Frog, which seems a bit like a Grand Forks HoDo. I had a steak and some Jameson, both of which were truly exceptional. MooM drove me up and back, and we had a great time talking about phones and Grand Forks and all kinds of stuff. Net positive, glad I did it, very glad to meet the UND writing people. Few people showed up — there might have been a dozen. But they were good people, including library folks, writers, and disability services (tasked with scanning for all kinds of people), and so we had a pretty good conversation.

Two interesting points came out. One is that academics fear the loss of small presses/print labels because they need books published to get tenure. (In other words, the problem with book piracy and digital books wrecking small publishers is actually a tenure-system problem, not necessarily a piracy problem)… two, the disability services claimed that these academic presses were by far the worst in being helpful/handing over digital copies of work for the disabled.

I don’t think any UND legal eagles were there, though. :\

After that, we had a great meal and some drinks at the Toasted Frog, which seems a bit like a Grand Forks HoDo. I had a steak and some Jameson, both of which were truly exceptional. MooM drove me up and back, and we had a great time talking about phones and Grand Forks and all kinds of stuff.

Net positive, glad I did it, very glad to meet the UND writing people.

]]> By: Big Mike http://www.danreetz.com/blog/2010/03/10/late-notice-speaking-at-und/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Big Mike Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:07:14 +0000 http://www.danreetz.com/blog/?p=361#comment-327 Like that Rebecca Weaver-Hightower refers to you as "Reetze" throughout the article. That just might stick. I hope you get a good conversation going with the audience. Would think the states law school would produce some good back and forth on the ethics of DIY book scanning. Like that Rebecca Weaver-Hightower refers to you as “Reetze” throughout the article. That just might stick.

I hope you get a good conversation going with the audience. Would think the states law school would produce some good back and forth on the ethics of DIY book scanning.

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