tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post2558866510228579794..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: The brave new world of researchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-54754017261806412972010-11-15T08:28:38.157-06:002010-11-15T08:28:38.157-06:00Ms. Krishnaswami, that's a good question. Pres...Ms. Krishnaswami, that's a good question. President Truman wrote on anything he could get his hands on during his political career, and as a result, you can find like a zillion linear feet of documents at the Truman Library, and it's awesome stuff. But what about today's authors? How would the Kerlan file those emails the author wrote to her editor, fans, and writing buddies? It's more accessible -- but it's just not as much fun.Melinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-26282474453517933732010-11-13T13:27:19.529-06:002010-11-13T13:27:19.529-06:00I find Internet research to be valuable to give me...I find Internet research to be valuable to give me a broad picture and help me identify possible sources. E.g., this morning in just a few clicks, I was able to access an audiofile of a speech by MLK radio broadcast on radio in India when he visited there in 1959. <br /><br />But when you get to old documents, there's nothing like the real thing--seeing it, smelling it, holding it in gloved hands if you get so lucky! <br /><br />So the question is, what "real" things will our generation leave for researchers to come? Is anything we create going to be "real" in that tangible, sensory way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-67742369822810883982010-11-13T09:28:38.552-06:002010-11-13T09:28:38.552-06:00I found a pdf online, free, of a 1623 book I neede...I found a pdf online, free, of a 1623 book I needed for my thesis. I'd have loved to hold the book in my hands, but one Google search saved me a trip to London to see the original.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292597646595740720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-29170619699301560982010-11-11T14:31:26.704-06:002010-11-11T14:31:26.704-06:00*are*areMelinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-48434972861769517742010-11-11T14:30:51.816-06:002010-11-11T14:30:51.816-06:00That's so funny about your Red Sox experience....That's so funny about your Red Sox experience. I've been using the internet to look up dates of every F3-F5 tornado that hit within a 100 mile radius from 1950 until 1984. Then I plan to go to the library and look up newspaper articles about each tornado. Kind of like mixing the new with the old. <br /><br />I find that often on-line research gets repetitive very quickly. Often I research enough to get a pretty good idea of what's going on, then the rest of the time it's skimming a lot of stuff to find 1) some new information that sheds some light on the matter or 2) information that's particuarly specific and telling.<br /><br />I miss the old diaries and letters though. I like reading stuff that my great-grandparents have written -- their handwriting and the way they fill the page gives me more of a clue about what they were like. And old writings is an artifact, you know? Something they made with their own hands. That's the coolest thing.Melinda R. Cordellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924404257237523106noreply@blogger.com