Prof. Carol Shloss Wins Important Suit for Freedom in Scholarly Research
Championed by the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society's Fair Use Project, Shloss has won her case against the estate of the celebrated Irish author James Joyce of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, which had become notorious in scholarly circles for its conflicts with scholars, authors and Joyce enthusiasts. "It's a breakthrough, not just for me but for everybody who has to deal with a literary estate," said Shloss.
Prof. Andrea Lunsford on "New" Literacy
Lunsford is studying the papers of almost fifteen thousand undergraduates, in a project that spanned five years (including the students’ first year out of college). She looked at anything and everything—essays, journals, blog posts, chats, e-mails. Her conclusion: “We’re in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven’t seen since Greek civilization.” (from The Book Bench, The New Yorker, Sept. 10, 2009)