Stick to Your Ribs: Science and Web 2.0: Talking About Science vs. Doing Science
Revisiting the subject of social media and scientific research–have we made much progress in the last few years?
Revisiting the subject of social media and scientific research–have we made much progress in the last few years?
In this “Stick to Your Ribs,” we revisit a post by Joe Esposito about not-for-profit governance, and the broader concept of the value of expertise.
Revisiting an attempt to list the things journal publishers do.
Revisiting Michael Clarke’s incisive post about disruption, or rather the lack thereof, in scientific publishing.
Revisiting a post from 2011 that called for evidence for a better understanding of access to the research literature.
We’re taking a week off.
American literature is markedly poorer this week with the death of Elmore Leonard, the undisputed dean of crime fiction.
Back in 2009, I wrote a post about the death of the television schedule. In the post, I discussed shelf life versus participation value for content, highlighting the rare entertainment events like sports that continue to offer a semblance of […]
A brief analysis of the University of California’s recently announced Open Access policy for faculty.
How well does the scholarly publishing field fare in terms of the number of women in leadership roles compared with others?
Time to review summer reading, not only what is on the list but also the very idea of summer reading. Summer reading takes us to a place outside ourselves, but for people involved with publishing, that far-off place is part of day-to-day reality.
A new book about the role of governments in long-term R&D and market-creation functions should send shockwaves through the political system over the coming decades. Fortunately, you can read it now.
From 1997, everything you need to know about the internet.
Roy Kaufman discusses new ventures at CCC, the impact of OA on licensing and ways to enable text and data mining.
Librarian Jeffrey Beall talks about his list of predatory open access journals, the potential pitfalls of article-level metrics, and more.