The Scholarly Kitchen
Archive for July 2011
Patterns In and Across Aggregated Data — Is “Anonymous” Collaborative Filtering Really Safe?
New research demonstrates that there’s a decent likelihood that your data exhaust can be used to find out sensitive things about you. Continue reading
Will a Renewed Re-examination of the Big Deal Itself Be a Big Deal?
As budgets make librarians look for better deals, the Big Deals fall under close scrutiny. Continue reading
Challenging the Access Crisis
A review of the literature shows that access conditions are getting better, not worse. So, why do we hear just the opposite? Continue reading
Dyslexie — A New Typeface Cleverly Designed to Help Dyslexics Read
The alphabet, as redesigned to help dyslexics achieve lower reading error-rates than their non-dyslexic counterparts. Continue reading
Let Us Now Praise Failed Experiments
Failures are just experiments that produced unanticipated results. Why can’t or won’t we share these results? Continue reading
The Economic Mess — A Factor We Cannot Ignore
The economic stagnation sweeping the globe is hitting academia. For publishers and others, the implications can be severe and long-term. Continue reading
The Ticklish Problem of Pricing E-books for Libraries
As publications move to digital form, libraries are taking on a greater share of the total volume of publishers’ income. This inevitably leads to conflicts. Continue reading
A Journal Is Not a Data Dump
Overburdened by supplemental data, journal limits publication to “essentials” plus non-article formats. Continue reading
How a Magician Beat Nine Chess Champions
Want to come out ahead? Planning is everything. Continue reading
Watching the Information World’s Metaphors — Are You About Streams Yet?
How we think often leads to what we think. Are you publishing using the metaphors users are adopting? Continue reading
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