The High Cost of Low Prices — Why Incrementalism Online Could Be Fatal
Incrementalism is a tempting path forward, both familiar and seemingly safe. But the squeeze is on.
Incrementalism is a tempting path forward, both familiar and seemingly safe. But the squeeze is on.
Revisiting a popular and important post — the editorial fallacy, that belief that more or better manuscripts can save you from disruptive change.
The membership business model for scholarly communications is built on a network of reciprocal relationships, where a member’s dues pay both for the privilege of publishing and the right to access.
Why predicting a journal’s Impact Factor may be more difficult than you think.
The downside of silent filters becomes crystal clear in this important talk.
The Chefs welcome a new face — David Smith of CABI.
Instead of filling in the blanks of attribution with the same old agents, maybe we need to go beyond the usual suspects.
The orphan works problem is not easily resolved, but it may not be such a big problem, as books mostly become orphans because there is little demand for them.
Convenience is a major driver of content usage. But what other changes are afoot that feed into this amorphous concept of “convenience”?
A new form of cybercurrency is edging into the mainstream, but is it something we should embrace or repel?
A Library Journal survey shows things are about the same. But who are they really talking to?
John Palfrey talks about digital scholarship, digital students, and the challenges and opportunities both provide. From the closing plenary of the SSP Annual Meeting.
A set of time-lapse videos of the night skies will leave you in awe.
Amazing views of Earth from the periphery of space.
At some point book publishers will begin to copy the Netflix model of selling by subscription. This changes the nature of the business from one where products are sold to one where publishers attempt to monetize readers’ attention.