Comments on: About this Blog

By: Ralph Brill

Ralph Brill — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:49:58 +0000

I have submitted a long memo to the Standards Review Committee on the Job Security issues that are pending. I specifically have tried to answer the arguments that Deans Polden and Matasar made at the AALS meeting on why they believe the Standards should not require tenure and job security for faculty. I have sent it to each member of the SRC, and been assured by them that it would be posted for public viewing, but that was a month ago and it still is not up on the website. If you would be interested, I would be happy to provide a copy for you to post on your great blog. However, it is rather long, about 17 pages. Please advise.

By: justinmyers

justinmyers — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29:53 +0000

Professor Seibel,

On our site you may find blogs that are password protected when, as in this instance, a contributor wants to share a scholarly piece of writing that may not yet be ready for publication. Password protecting the posting allows a selected group (who you choose to give the password to) to view the piece and provide feedback in an open forum, without the risk of leaking a project that may not be ready for oppositional criticism.

As for post “categories” — each time a contributor writes a post, they can choose to label it with/ file it under as many categories as they feel are accurate. These categories can be picked from an option box that appears on the righthand side of the “write” page where you create a post. If you do not see a category that fits your post topic then you should feel free to create your own (there is an additional space in which to do this). And, as with anything that is done on this site, if an author forgets to choose a category, one can always be added later, in most instances by the author, and always by Mary and I (the administrators).

Hope this helps,
Justin Myers
Albany Law School

By: Bob Seibel

Bob Seibel — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:50:18 +0000

Nice work Mary and colleagues. I am new to blogging. I find the site a little overwhelming but in a good way since there seems to be lots going on of interest. 2 quick questions–I ran into one post that was password protected–at the place where I hit the wall it would have been helpful to find out whether and how I could get a password to gain access, and maybe some guidance on how and why someone would password protect a blog posting (the question part of this comment is how do I get a password!?)

The second question is that I noticed that some things say they are filed under different topics–how does that happen–who decides what topics a comment gets filed under?

I am sure that I will get better with practice.