The Scholarly Kitchen
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Backfire — An Argument That OA Is Better for Non-Profit Societies Demonstrates Just the Opposite
A blog post based on a talk purports to convince us that OA is good for not-for-profit societies. However, it accomplishes just the opposite once you get past the misinformation and misinterpretations. Continue reading
John Palfrey: Thoughts About the Future of Libraries and Learning
John Palfrey talks about digital scholarship, digital students, and the challenges and opportunities both provide. From the closing plenary of the SSP Annual Meeting. Continue reading
Copy Editing and Open Access Repositories
Are author manuscripts in institutional repositories “good enough” for public consumption? Continue reading
State of the Art II — The Future of Technology in the Classroom
Harvard’s Paul Bergen: “The slow accretion of technology into the educational system is the result of the teacher and not the learner.” 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
Does Reviewing Your Peers Create Better Results Than Peer-Review?
National Academy of Sciences members contribute the very best (and very worst) articles in PNAS, a recent analysis suggests. Is diversity a better indicator of success than consistency in science publishing? Continue reading
Paying for Peer-Review — or, What We’ve Learned from Financial Watchdogs
A common systemic problem links oversight of financial risks and author-pays peer-review. Both are potentially calamitous. Continue reading
Open Access on a “Level Playing Field”
In creating a ‘level playing field’ for open access publishers, we put non-profit publishers at a great disadvantage. Continue reading
Fast-Forward for Scholarly Video
Academic video makes great leaps forward with the unveiling of AcademicEarth.org and YouTube EDU. Continue reading
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