The Scholarly Kitchen
Alix Vance
Leading Your Content to the Money — A New Equation for Selling Content to Consumers
Consumers have demonstrated a willingness to pay for targeted, virtual goods and services. Why are publishers still trying to foist low-value generalized content off to them? Continue reading
The DISCLOSE Act: New Media, Old Politics, and the Fight for Public Data
Campaign financing, corporations, unions, the Supreme Court, political action committees, large corporate interests, and technology companies with deep pockets and a hunger for data — what more could you ask for? Continue reading
Serious Games, Science Communication, and One Utopian Vision
Transitioning from an information provision industry to an information experience industry will require change. How can we achieve this large-scale shift to meet emerging customer expectations? Continue reading
Web 2.0 Next: Companies Place Bets on Consumer Relationships and Collaboration
As Web 2.0 matures, new entrants are starting to find ways to extract value in innovative ways. Continue reading
Data.gov: Selling the Government and Democratization of Information
Open data initiatives by many governments will change balance sheets for publishers who have shifted toward this revenue source. Will the social benefits emerge? Continue reading
Measuring Up: Gaining Customer Insight vs. Getting Lost in Business Complexity
Creating a complete view of your customer as publishing changes to include variant distribution models and service levels will be vital. Getting it done requires new skills and abilities. Continue reading
The Digital Universe, Information Shadows, and Paying for Privacy
Trends in mobile, cloud, and personal computing all point to a redefinition of privacy, with convenience and value competing effectively for preeminence.
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Can New XML Technologies and the Semantic Web Deliver on Their Promises?
I recently read a paper from Los Alamos National Labs (LANL), “Using Architectures for Semantic Interoperability to Create Journal Clubs for Emergency Response.” Without diving too deeply into the technical weeds, what the paper describes is: [A] process for leveraging emerging semantic web and digital library architectures and standards to (1) create a focused collection of bibliographic … Continue reading
A Future of Touch and Gestures: New Interfaces Driving Scientific Information Presentation
Image by jdlasica via Flickr For scholarly publishers, librarians, and readers, the article remains the coin of the realm — a text-based narrative that strips data of all but its most superficial aspects and doesn’t integrate itself into the body of knowledge it supposedly adds to. Your eyes can read the words and see the … Continue reading
Mobile Devices and Privacy — Why It’s So Easy to Swap Personal Information to Satisfy an Itch
Mobile computing is the norm, but it also creates easy trading ground for our privacy. Is this just the new normal? Continue reading
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