Channeling Your Newfound Cognitive Surplus — What’s the Correct Plural Form of “Octopus”?
Which is correct — octopi or octopuses? Or something else?
Open Access and Global South: It is More Than a Matter of Inclusion
Haseeb Irfanullah discusses how we can overcome the barriers blocking global participation in open access publishing.
Watch Out for the Silent Librarian: An Interview with Crane Hassold
Silent Librarian is an international phishing organization that “angles” for university network credentials on behalf of the Iranian government. Crane Hassold gives us the lowdown on this dangerous scam.
Publishers Still Don’t Prioritize Researchers
The digital services provided by scholarly publishers and academic libraries still do not meet researchers’ needs. Roger Schonfeld notes that doing so would require far more profound change, not just at the level of user experience but in terms of rethinking existing businesses and organizational models.
Ask The Chefs: New Year’s Resolutions
Come read about the Chefs professional New Year’s Resolutions and tell us about yours! How can we be our best self in 2021? How might we contribute to the advancement of our colleagues, our organizations, and even our industry?
Words Matter: A Week Best Expressed through Poetry
This was an emotional week — but a joyful one for a change! Some thoughts on the power of words.
Guest Post — Citing Software in Scholarly Publishing to Improve Reproducibility, Reuse, and Credit
Daniel Katz and Hollydawn Murray present the FORCE11 Software Citation Implementation Working Group’s guidelines for citing the software used in research publications.
Pandemic Perspectives: Updating “What Will We Learn About Scholarly Publishing as a Result of COVID-19”
What have we learned over the course of the COVID pandemic? Our authors revisit earlier posts with updates, now that we have a longer view. Today, Angela Cochran revisits her post asking, “What Will We Learn About Scholarly Publishing as a Result of COVID-19?”
Truth and Lies
How to address lies in the political life of a democracy? Education, information literacy, gatekeeping, and dialogue are not enough. Lisa Hinchliffe and Roger Schonfeld examine the issue.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Today we suggest taking time this weekend to consider the life and legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Here we look at his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, which remains urgently relevant more than 50 years after it was written.
Historians in Historic Times
Historians have been working overtime to contextualize the ongoing pandemic and the political crises. Read the reflections of scholars who published major projects on how their work intersects with and informs and is informed by the history we’re living.
Guest Post — Evaluating Publishers as Partners with Libraries and Higher Education
Rachel Caldwell presents PAPPI, a proposed matrix for determining how well a publisher or vendor aligns with the mission of libraries.
Pandemic Perspectives: Volunteer Projects Continue Progress
2020 looked like a year where volunteer-driven projects were likely to be put on hold. The good news is that so many continued to thrive and progress, despite the pandemic.
Wiley Acquires Hindawi: An Interview with Judy Verses and Liz Ferguson
Last week Wiley acquired Hindawi for $298M or a multiple of 7.45 based on 2020 Hindawi revenue. Hear why and what comes next from Wiley’s EVP of Research, Judy Verses, and VP of Open Research, Liz Ferguson.
The View from Above
NASA’s top twenty images of the Earth, taken in 2020 from the International Space Station.