Comments on: inside higher ed http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/16/inside-higher-ed/ Agent Of L.I.B.R.A.R.Y. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: TangognaT » Blog Archive » Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/16/inside-higher-ed/#comment-4213 TangognaT » Blog Archive » Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:46:06 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=582#comment-4213 [...] I blogged a bit about the new Inside Higher Ed site before, and I was surprised to see a comment on my old post from the editor of the Chronicle explaining that the Chronicle isn’t offering less f [...] [...] I blogged a bit about the new Inside Higher Ed site before, and I was surprised to see a comment on my old post from the editor of the Chronicle explaining that the Chronicle isn’t offering less f [...]

]]> By: tangognat http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/16/inside-higher-ed/#comment-4212 tangognat Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:28:13 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=582#comment-4212 I assumed that the Chronicle was offering less free content, because there used to be a "site sampler" link on the Chronicle's main page, which has now vanished. But you can still see the old navigation menu <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030805201330/http://chronicle.com/">on archive.org's cached copy of the page.</a> The directory where the link used to go to now contains an extra window with <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/">subscription information</a>. and fewer free featured articles than <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030806192042/chronicle.com/free/">in the past</a>. These changes on the web site left me with the impression that the Chronicle was offering less free content. I'd be surprised if other casual readers of the web site didn't have the same impression. I realize that the Chronicle is under no obligation to give away free content, and I can actually read the paper copy of the Chronicle whenever I want to because my library subscribes to it. If I'm sitting at home, blogging and wanting to read some quick news about academia, I'm more likely to use Inside Higher Ed now, just because more articles are available to a casual reader. I assumed that the Chronicle was offering less free content, because there used to be a “site sampler” link on the Chronicle’s main page, which has now vanished. But you can still see the old navigation menu on archive.org’s cached copy of the page. The directory where the link used to go to now contains an extra window with subscription information. and fewer free featured articles than in the past. These changes on the web site left me with the impression that the Chronicle was offering less free content. I’d be surprised if other casual readers of the web site didn’t have the same impression.

I realize that the Chronicle is under no obligation to give away free content, and I can actually read the paper copy of the Chronicle whenever I want to because my library subscribes to it. If I’m sitting at home, blogging and wanting to read some quick news about academia, I’m more likely to use Inside Higher Ed now, just because more articles are available to a casual reader.

]]> By: Phil Semas http://www.tangognat.com/2005/02/16/inside-higher-ed/#comment-4211 Phil Semas Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:15:10 +0000 http://www.tangognat.com/?p=582#comment-4211 In your comment about Inside Higher Ed, you say, "the Chronicle seems to be offering less and less free content." This is incorrect. Everything in our Careers section, not just the jobs but the editorial content, remains free. That's a minimum of five articles a week. We always make free the articles connected to our Colloquy live discussion and to all of our forums. That's at least two articles per week and often more. In addition, we often make other stories free when we think they are of broad interest. And we are fairly liberal about setting up free links to stories from other sites when people ask. It's true that we do limit access to much of our content to our subscribers. We have a staff to pay and other expenses to meet and we simply can't afford to give everything away. What's more, our subscribers deserve to get something for their money. I hope this clarifies the situation. Phil Semas Editor in Chief The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com In your comment about Inside Higher Ed, you say, “the Chronicle seems to be offering less and less free content.” This is incorrect.

Everything in our Careers section, not just the jobs but the editorial content, remains free. That’s a minimum of five articles a week.

We always make free the articles connected to our Colloquy live discussion and to all of our forums. That’s at least two articles per week and often more.

In addition, we often make other stories free when we think they are of broad interest. And we are fairly liberal about setting up free links to stories from other sites when people ask.

It’s true that we do limit access to much of our content to our subscribers. We have a staff to pay and other expenses to meet and we simply can’t afford to give everything away. What’s more, our subscribers deserve to get something for their money.

I hope this clarifies the situation.

Phil Semas
Editor in Chief
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com

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