[PADG:1284] Re: Richard Cox takes on Nicholson Baker--live!

[Lorraine Olley <l-olley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I sent a query about that to Simmons and am waiting for a reply.  If anyone 
(e.g. a Simmons alum) hears about the availability of a recording or 
transcript before I do, please post the information to the list.  Thanks.

Lorraine


At 11:30 AM 04/24/2001 -0400, Walter Cybulski wrote:
>Debate sounds good to me - any chance of getting a transcript? / Walter
>
> >>> l-olley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 04/24/01 11:12AM >>>
>Although I haven't read the book yet, I have read Baker's New Yorker
>article, several book reviews, and some of the responses that have been
>posted on the web.  For an exposure of some of Baker's own faulty arguments
>and misleading rhetorical devises, please see Robert Darton's review in the
>New York Review of Books.
>
>In my humble opinion, I think that Cox is a good choice for debater,
>because he attempts to understand Baker's arguments and popular appeal in a
>context--the collectibles culture of which eBay, Martha Stewart and Bombay
>instant collectibles, and the Antique Roadshow are also
>manifestations--more appropriate for his allegations and assertions than
>the field of librarianship.  I think the debate will be enlightning for all.
>
>
>At 07:56 AM 04/24/2001 -0400, Walter Cybulski wrote:
> >Ellen:
> >
> >A candid comment, well worth every e-penny!  Of those who have spoken thus
> >far in response to Baker's book, whose arguments are less faulty?  Who
> >should be debating Baker?
> >
> >Walter
> >
> > >>> abbeypub@xxxxxxxxx 04/23/01 11:07AM >>>
> >Lorraine - I read Cox's reply to Baker on FirstMonday, and so did Gary
> >Frost, who commented on Cox's debating skill in his own website.  He and I
> >agreed that Cox is not a good debater, because his arguments are faulty.
> >
> >So I don't think either party will bring much light to be shed on the
> >topic.  I would say they deserve each other.  But thanks for letting me
> >know.
> >
> >Ellen
> >
> >
> >
> > >At the Center for Research Libraries meeting on Friday, there was a
> > >thoughtful and witty presentation by Archivist Richard Cox responding to
> > >Nicholson Baker's allegations about newspapers and their
> > >preservation.   Cox mentioned that he will be debating Baker at Simmons on
> > >May 16.  The announcement for the event is at
> > >http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/alumni/alumnday01.html.  I don't know if this
> > >has been widely publicized, but I do hope that my east coast colleagues
> > >will be able to attend "The Great Paper Debate" and cheer for our guy.
> > >
> > >You may read Cox's response to Baker's New Yorker article on newspapers in
> > >First Monday http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_12/cox/.
> > >
> > >
> > >__________________________
> > >
> > >Lorraine Olley
> > >Head, Preservation Department
> > >Northwestern University Library
> > >1935 Sheridan Road
> > >Evanston, IL 60208
> > >USA
> > >847-491-4672 v
> > >847-491-8306 f
> > >l-olley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>__________________________
>
>Lorraine Olley
>Head, Preservation Department
>Northwestern University Library
>1935 Sheridan Road
>Evanston, IL 60208
>USA
>847-491-4672 v
>847-491-8306 f
>l-olley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx