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A preview: An RSA webinar will be held Thursday, July 30, at noon (Eastern time): “Research in the Age of COVID-19: Access and Collaboration.” Watch for an announcement late next week. Also, for scholars who are not RSA members: Renaissance Quarterly’s 10 most downloaded articles of 2019 are free to access through the end of July 2020. You can view the articles by clicking here. (Actually, this is valuable even for members, who already have access to the journal — it’s interesting to see which articles are the most downloaded.)
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When I was a student, a scholar told me an incredibly simple strategy that has helped me so much. I used to work on my dissertation for hours, then stop when I was feeling blocked and figure that I would sort it out the next day. The problem is that the next day I might still be feeling blocked. This scholar said that each day, when he stopped writing, he was careful not to stop at a point where he was stuck. He made sure that he knew exactly what he was going to start with when he came back to his project (whether that was the following day or a week or even a month later). It’s helpful to never begin a day feeling blocked–to get at least one easy paragraph written before tackling something difficult.
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Blogs might suggest some answers? https://blog.americansforthearts.org/
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Three posts came in while we were still in the process of setting up this discussion topic. Pasting them in here.
From Kristin Bezio:
“At some point, I need access to an MS at the British Library that isn’t part of their digital collection… not sure how I’m going to accomplish that!”
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Reply from Stephen Merriam Foley:
“I was pleasantly surprised to discover that after our Library closed in March, some of the resource sharing that followed gave me access to digital materials unavailable earlier–specifically the Collected Works of Erasmus. This was very helpful to me for some work on More and Erasmus, since earlier I was lugging away shelfloads of the various print editions required. I know from serving on the Library Advisory Board how predatory these digital subscription bundles are. I am wondering if we now have a strategy for sharing that can continue.”
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Reply from Mara Wade:
“Both Hathi Trust and Archive.org have opened massive new parts of their collections, this is freely accessible, often downloadable. Always worth a try, even though this doesn’t help with the manuscript query. AS for the ms. please write the BL and ask about the ms. Just because it is not now in the their digital collections, does not mean there is not a plan for it or that they might put it in the queue.”
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And now we’re ready to move forward!
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