Comments on: Paper: a reliable (and recyclable) technology http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:55:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Emma http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-702037 Emma Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:49:29 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-702037 I heard that there have been studies done on how people read online v. paper. Apparently online people scan more and read even less of what’s there.

The Federal Courts have all shifted over to e-filing documents, everything is filed electronically without a hard copy. About six months after my local court started e-filing, it created a new policy: in addition to filing your electronic document, you were also required to file a paper copy with the Judge. My theory? Printing costs at the Court skyrocketed as all the law clerks printed off 100s of pages in motions and motion responses so they could work off the paper copies.

I flip back and forth between electronic and paper documents for most of my work. It really just depends on the mood I’m in and what feels least cumbersome at the moment.

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By: The Rebel Lettriste http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701962 The Rebel Lettriste Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:01:31 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701962 Myself, I prefer vellum. The colors are still so pretty, lo these many hundreds of years later!

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By: Mark K. http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701918 Mark K. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:02:06 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701918 Miedema, John. Slow Reading. Duluth, Minn: Litwin Books, 2009. (http://www.worldcat.org/title/slow-reading/oclc/297222669)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/23/slow-reading-an-antidote-for-a-fast-world.html

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By: Dr. Crazy http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701778 Dr. Crazy Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:25:01 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701778 H – I think the analog for “slow food” is “deep reading.” Check out this link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129348373

Apparently, the CEO of Google is very concerned that deep reading is going the way of the dodo.

For what it’s worth, one reason why I cling to paper for note-taking is because I type so quickly that I can type without retaining ANY information in my brain (which was great when I did transcription typing for cash – I literally could type an entire report and have no idea what I’d typed because I would daydream or think about other things while I was typing, which is creepy a little bit but this is what happens when I type). I’ve ordered a Kindle (though they’re back-ordered, so who knows when I’ll actually get it) because I want to try shifting my PDF-stuff to it, but I still think paper is essential to me thinking deeply.

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By: Vellum http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701775 Vellum Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:44 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701775 As for distractions — this is why I got an ereader that literally does nothing, nothing at all, except allowing me to read. Reading on my computer? For distractions today there’s e-mail (today from the med-grad listserv, people proposing papers for a session I’m arranging but can’t say which, updates on the X-Prize foundation’s work as I’m a closet science nerd, and more), there’s blogging/commenting on other people’s blogs, and now there’s twitter! to get work done, the computer has to actually be off now. oye.

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By: Historiann http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701765 Historiann Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:29:37 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701765 I’m not a complete luddite–I take notes in Word on my computer, for the most part. I haven’t used a paper notebook for books since grad school (ca. 1993, I think). But I’m with JJO: there’s something about paper that encourages engagement with the ideas. (Or at least it mitigates against the distraction of e-mail, the web, blogs, etc. that I’m always working against on-screen.)

You know how there’s a slow food movement? I think humanities types might want to consider starting a slow reading movement. Even the warp-speed at which we consumed books in grad school (say pre-1995 or so) seems quaint and deliberate in retrospect now since the digital revolution.

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By: Perpetua http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701706 Perpetua Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:45:56 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701706 Oh, yeah, and as for the trend of shunting off costs to faculty – word! My department doesn’t give start up funds to new faculty. You get access to a computer, and that’s it. So, nobody gets a printer. You can use the department printer, but its’ in a different building or on a different floor, where of course there’s no privacy and everyone can see/ run off with the drafts of your conference paper, fellowship proposal, or ahem! job application letter. So I had to buy my own, for which I am deeply bitter.

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By: Perpetua http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701701 Perpetua Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:40:09 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701701 There are lots of ways to save paper while still retaining its use. This isn’t a zero sum game. And much of it involves some common sense (always lagging in academic settings). For example, as Historiann suggests, ask participants if they want to receive a paper copy of the conference program (*registered* participants only). Don’t copy/ print a thousand copies of things you don’t need. As annoying as I found it at my old job that faculty were all restricted to a certain number of copies per year, I understand why now that I’m at my new job and I routinely see faculty and grad students xeroxing entire books. Sometimes you just need to a) buy the book or b) read it quickly and take good notes.

I’ve tried having students email papers and using the “comment” function on Word. That’s okay, but I definitely read more carefully on hard copy. But ask students to double side their papers (to conserve paper) and they stare at you as though they’ve never heard of this function (this from a generation that learned how to twitter in kindergarten). Everything should be double-sided.

I completely agree with Historiann about the ways students do the readings (or not) when the readings are digital. Interacting with the text is crucial, not just running your eyes over it.

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By: historymaven http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701696 historymaven Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:33:35 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701696 Administrators at my former university touted the savings of 20,000 sheets of paper in the Provost’s office by going to e-mail. Alas, that’s when department budgets skyrocketed with new copiers, computers, scanners, etc., to keep up with the administration’s latest scheme. And then all those recycle boxes appeared.

I sent to the Provost’s office Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker piece entitled “The Social Life of Paper” (http://www.gladwell.com/pdf/paper.pdf). And yes, it was on paper and sent in an interdepartmental envelope. I’m History Maven, and I print.

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By: Tom http://www.historiann.com/2010/08/29/paper-a-reliable-and-recyclable-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-701684 Tom Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:55:34 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=12331#comment-701684 I’ve always wanted to tell administrators that every time I put a piece of chalk on a blackboard in a classroom, I am using appropriate classroom technology.

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