From a Production Industry to a Technology Industry
How can publishers maximize the value and reach of their content using new technologies? The ACS, Cell Press, and PubGet offer their solutions.
Lessons Learned and Lessons Learning: STM Stalwarts Reflect on Career Paths and Making Choices
In an industry where energy, youth, and innovation are often valued over experience, what can be learned from a panel of wizened members of the publishing industry?
In Search of Sustainability: Business Models in Publishing
Experimentation and choice are key to finding long-term sustainability.
Applications: The Future of Science Communication?
“Building apps is not all unicorns and rainbows.” Publishers should take a practical, iterative, and collaborative approach to delivering content.
Kahle: Distributed Services a Solution to Monopoly Control
“Scholarly publishing is too important to be monopolized!” Solution to digitization is decentralized commerce.
Brewster Kahle: Making Lending and Vending Work for Publishers, Librarians, and Users
Brewster Kahle kicks off the SSP Annual Meeting with a talk about storage, scanning, lending, and vending. But he also acknowledges that not everything needs to be saved.
Umpiring and Peer-Review: Why a Perfect Game Is Still a Perfect Game
When clearly observable facts are ignored and post-hoc analysis abandoned, great achievements can be undercut by injustices.
Arguing Against Links: Are They Distracting, Counterproductive, and Anti-Intellectual?
Is there a good case against linking? Or are links just an updated version of an old idea?