Keynes vs. Hayek, Round 2: Top Down or Bottom Up?
This time, the winner is . . . just as ambiguous.
This time, the winner is . . . just as ambiguous.
A massive study of student papers by Turnitin reveals that many are copying text from Wikipedia and other user-generated sites, but it’s not clear in distinguishing text-matches from plagiarism.
With a bad job market for PhDs and heavy student debt, should we reexamine our expectations of higher education?
Despite the fact that the Google Books settlement was not approved, Google’s mass digitization has forever transformed the landscape of publishing, libraries, and the way we think about information.
The “education as financial bubble” meme is spreading, and new facts and comparisons are emerging.
Major social media plays in science hit the rocks, as hype hits reality and the culture of science.
Digital media makes it possible to work in new formats. The medium-length work, between a book and an article, promises to open up a new variety of scholarly communications.
Amazon continues to leverage its platform advantages into the e-reading space — this time, with a smart library-oriented move and an equally smart move toward advertising and sponsorship.
Algorithmic pricing on Amazon creates a book worth millions, and the problem seems to be repeating itself.
Social and civic apathy may be more a result of sloppy or intentionally disenfranchising information design. For non-profits, learning how to overcome these may be a key to success.
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Does thinking about technology as something new and different gerrymander strategies and initiatives in unhelpful ways? Maybe we need to accept that the future has arrived for our users.
The abstract is an element of scientific papers we take for granted. Is that a good idea in a networked information environment gravitating to usage-based measures?
Blackboard is the target of speculation about a takeover, the WSJ reports. What might this mean?
Does an increase in article retractions signal a corrupt publishing system or just better policing?