What’s Hot and Cooking In Scholarly Publishing
Thoughts on open access (OA) from the perspectives of both the publisher and library communities at the Charleston Meeting.
Welcoming Roy Kaufman on board as a Chef in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Avi Staiman discusses how meaningful engagement with authors early in the research process can yield significant benefits to publishers and journals.
We don’t talk very much about physical production values for books. What message does that send to readers of scholarly titles?
Research bureaucracy and administrative burden has become so overpowering that many researchers are reporting that they don’t have time to do any research anymore. Phill Jones argues that technology in the form of PIDs will go a long way to fixing this.
An amusing, if apocryphal, response from the Smithsonian offers a glimpse at the sorts of pre-internet humor scientists would share through their networks.
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 3 today.
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 2 today.
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 1 today.
An interview by @lisalibrarian with Simon Linacre, author of “The Predator Effect”
We’re off for the US Thanksgiving holiday. In the meantime, here’s an askance view of the good old days.
The latest developments in Capybara science.
Erich van Rijn looks at the University of California’s Luminos open access books program and reviews lessons learned and what is needed for such programs to succeed.
Funder guidance is too vague when it comes to identifiers and metadata. It needs to get specific to be effective.
eLife’s recent announcement that it will reinvent itself as a “service that reviews preprints” has generated much discussion over recent weeks. But what are the primary drivers and goals, and what might we all learn from this bold experiment?
Though open access indicators within a given publishing platform are relatively consistent, significant inconsistency across platforms likely creates user confusion.