The Scholarly Kitchen
Archive for May 30, 2008
SSP TMR Blog Debuts
The Society for Scholarly Publishing‘s Top Management Roundtable meeting, scheduled this September 3-5 in Philadelphia, PA, now has its own blog, updating interested parties about the meeting’s format, linking to interesting work from speakers, and allowing for blogging at and after the meeting. This year’s Top Management Roundtable has as its theme, “Constant Content and … Continue reading
Info at your fingertips (without a screen or a keyboard)
Is it possible for people to have information at their fingertips without being tied to the usual web brower or even a book or journal? In her talk “Just-in-Time Info” Pattie Maes, Associate Professor, MIT, Program in Media Arts and Sciences gave a fascinating plenary talk at the SSP meeting yesterday. She has challenged her … Continue reading
Phil Davis — Another New Cook in the Kitchen
My, what a week it’s been! Two people I admire greatly have agreed to join the Scholarly Kitchen, serving up hot and tasty insights for our hungry STM guests. First, Nature Publishing Group’s Howard Ratner agreed to be an occasional contributor. Now, Phil Davis, a self-described “PhD student (and recovering Science librarian)” from Cornell University … Continue reading
Stuart Brand’s Gift
In an interesting interview with John Markoff, author of “What the Dormouse Said,” Stuart Brand is described as having the uncanny ability of showing up at the right place and right time to influence major ideas. One of these cases was the Mother of All Demos. It was held in 1968. Not only is the … Continue reading
Book Digitization Will Continue
The recent announcement by Microsoft that it is canceling its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic doesn’t mean that book digitization initiatives are coming to a halt, states Joseph Esposito in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In fact, the decision by Microsoft to leave equipment with institutions, and the digitization momentum … Continue reading
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