September-October 2009
Volume 95, Number 5
Contents
Features
Academic Freedom in Cyberspace
By Robert O’Neil
Keeping an eye on the digital world’s latest cases.
Who Defends Intellectual Freedom for Librarians?
By John Buschman
It should be the ALA.
Keeping Senior Women at Your College
By Sylvia Hurtado and Linda DeAngelo
What you can do on your campus.
Community Service, Not Philanthropy
By Chad Berry
Developing leadership in Appalachia.
The Community and the World in Pennsylvania
By Susan D. Rose
Many meanings of diversity for Dickinson.
The Seven Habits of Highly Deflective Colleagues
By Michelle Maher and Katherine Chaddock
A study of collega deflectivus in its natural habitat.
Numbers Are Not Everything
By Milton W. Cole
Use qualitative, rather than quantitative, data.
Collaborating on Writing
By William L. Phillips, Charles A. Sweet, and Harold R. Blythe
“Collabo-writing” pays big dividends.
Why Not License Referees?
By Tom Winter
These shadowy figures can make or break careers.
Retiring in a Time of Economic Uncertainty
By Carole H. Murphy
Yes, you will be able to retire.
Creating LGBTQ-Friendly Campuses
By Lori Messinger
Stories from the field.
Nota Bene
Contract Gains for Part-Time Chapter
By Jenn Nichols
Pay Raises for Nebraska Faculty Upheld
By Jenn Nichols
Chapter Profile
Columns
From the Editor: Back to School
By Paula Krebs
Faculty Forum: Against Assessment
By Kira Hamman
From the General Secretary: “Naaational”
By Gary Rhoads
From the President: Dues Reform
By Cary Nelson
Book Reviews
Modern Plagiarism
Reviewed by Tricia Bertram Gallant
The MLA Pulls No Punches
Reviewed by Kristen A. Renn
Skim This Book
Reviewed by John K. Wilson