The Scholarly Kitchen
What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing – from the Society for Scholarly Publishing
Archive for Apr 12, 2012
Skeuomorphic Publishing: How to Fit a Square Peg Into a Round Hole
Digital publishing continues to borrow its shape from its predecessors in print. Truly creative individuals are necessary to work with new media on their own terms. Continue reading
The “Academic Spring” — Shallow Rhetoric Aimed at the Wrong Target
In another rhetorical land grab, OA activists are aligning themselves with the Arab Spring by claiming their boycotts are the start of an “academic spring.” Not only are the two not comparable, but obviously the wrong target of oppression and exploitation has been identified. Continue reading
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