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Book Review Of The Last Billion Years: A Geologic History Of Tennessee​, By D. W. Byerly, Joanna M. Anderson Jul 2015

Book Review Of The Last Billion Years: A Geologic History Of Tennessee​, By D. W. Byerly, Joanna M. Anderson

ETSU Faculty Works

Review of Byerly, D. W. (2013). The Last Billion Years: A Geologic History of Tennessee. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 212 pages. ISBN: 9781572339743


Review Of The Book Guide To Reference In Genealogy And Biography, John A. Drobnicki Jul 2015

Review Of The Book Guide To Reference In Genealogy And Biography, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Guide to reference in genealogy and biography.


Review Of The Book Polish Roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Jun 2015

Review Of The Book Polish Roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Polish roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd ed.


Review Of "Fundamentals Of Collection Development And Management (3rd Ed.)," By Peggy Johnson, Chris Diaz May 2015

Review Of "Fundamentals Of Collection Development And Management (3rd Ed.)," By Peggy Johnson, Chris Diaz

Faculty Publications

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Book Review: Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, And Replevin: Case Studies On Private Ownership Of Public Documents, Yumi Ohira Jan 2015

Book Review: Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, And Replevin: Case Studies On Private Ownership Of Public Documents, Yumi Ohira

Criss Library Faculty Publications

Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin: Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents is an excellent resource for archival students, educators, historians, collectors, and any audience with an interest in archives. Starting with an historical review of collecting institutional and government documents and the development of the archival tradition in the United States, the author examines all aspects of the problems straddling the archival profession. The book allows the reader to easily follow the role of archivists in issues such as protection from loss through theft and neglect as well as archival conflict arising from the existence of public documents …


Do We Still Need Peer Review? An Argument For Change [Review], Michael J. Hughes Jan 2015

Do We Still Need Peer Review? An Argument For Change [Review], Michael J. Hughes

Library Faculty Research

How long has peer review been in crisis? At what point does crisis outlast emergency to become status quo? Attacks on the weaknesses of peer review appear with such regularity that they have migrated from scholarly journals to newspapers and magazines. Notwithstanding criticism—and bold experiments such as the experimental open peer review given online to Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s 2011 book Planned Obsolescence before its publication—the gears grind on, due in large part to the reward systems built around the mechanism of blind and anonymous review.