Member: timelf
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About meI am a graduate student in informatics doing research scholarly publishing, and was previously a managing editor at a university press and of a scholarly journal. Interests in scholarly publishing, infrastructure studies, critical information studies, and semiotic and linguistic anthropology.
Recently finished:
* Shannon Mattern - Deep Mapping the Media City
* Nicole Starosielski - The Undersea Network
* Ray Monk - Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
* Jean-François Blanchette - Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents
* Nathaniel Tkacz - Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness
* Martin Paul Eve - Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies, and the Future
* Lisa Wedeen - Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen
* Lisa Gitelman - Paper Knowledge: Toward a Media History of Documents
About my libraryIt just sits there, mocking me.
Amazon Wishlist (should you feel compelled to make an offering): http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2O360XVJUD0LY
GroupsSocial science, South Africa
Favorite authorsWebb Keane, Rudolf Mrázek, Harry G. West (Shared favorites)
VenuesFavorites
Favorite bookstoresBook Culture, Bulls Head Bookshop, Clarke's Bookshop, Daedalus Bookshop, Duke University Gothic Bookshop, Empire Books, Fahrenheit's Books, Heartwood Books, Heights Books, House of Our Own, Housing Works Used Book Cafe, Powell's City of Books (Portland), Seminary Co-op Bookstore, St. Mark's Bookshop (New York City), Tattered Cover Book Store - Colfax Avenue (Denver), The Bookshop
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Real nameTim Elfenbein
LocationLong Beach, CA
Account typepublic, lifetime
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Member sinceApr 21, 2007
Currently readingIndexing It All: The Subject in the Age of Documentation, Information, and Data (History and Foundations of Information Science) by Ronald E. Day
Boundary Objects and Beyond: Working with Leigh Star (Infrastructures) by Geoffrey C. Bowker
