iAnnotate — Whatever Happened to the Web as an Annotation System?
A meeting about annotation services and software shows how new tools may be on the horizon, and reminds us that our audiences are likely to be the heaviest users once these emerge.
A meeting about annotation services and software shows how new tools may be on the horizon, and reminds us that our audiences are likely to be the heaviest users once these emerge.
The recent policy promulgated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy is likely to have the unintended consequence of putting further budgetary pressure on libraries.
A stable satellite monitoring the sun reveals three years of images, a comet, a transit of Venus, two partial eclipses, and more as the sun approaches its solar maximum.
Articles are published before they’re reviewed; doubts about a paper are viewed as a positive status; papers only need to contain “science;” review and revision can continue forever; and PubMed Central is their certifying entity. Welcome to the world of F1000 Research.
How a publisher study of institutional repositories is used against those who created it.
The Digital Public Library of America has launched, and it is an impressive achievement that is bound to grow over the coming years.
Can peer review systems be run less expensively? Sure, if you eliminate major levels and elements of peer review.
Kmart = hip? Of course, as they demonstrate taboos, when combined properly, can be funny and memorable.
Editor’s Note: This post is being republished to coincide with the launch of the Digital Public Library.
The recent sale of Mendeley exposed surprisingly naive perspectives on the company’s clear and inherent goals. Other venture capital plays are afoot in scientific publishing and academia. When will we stop being the prey?
An interview with designer Michael Bierut, about the history of typography, its current manifestations, the power of habituation, and why Parma matters.
The journals business has not been disrupted and does not appear likely to be disrupted for some time. Journals publishers continue to dominate the institutional market and are seeking to coopt Gold OA services.
A question you’ve probably never thought to ask, an answer that is more insightful than you might have imagined.
A new survey reinforces so long-term trends, but shows some surprising reversals that anyone interested in scholarly communication should note.
A clever way to sell institutional site licenses and Gold OA together helps one publisher find the fulcrum amidst uncertainty.