The SSP’s Charleston Pre-Conference Session looked at key issues and challenges in OA monograph publishing as well as how best to evaluate new OA book models and their potential ROI.
With Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, it’s time for a look back at Activision’s roots, and the company that spawned it, Atari.
If you think it’s been cold where you live this week, take a look at Yakutsk.
A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next’. It is a period of transition, uncertainty, and multiple paths forward. The first wave of an open access transition is upon us, driven by the APC model, moving us to favor quantity over quality, and resulting in massive consolidation in many areas of the market. What comes next?
As user interfaces change, language evolves….
2021 was a year of rapid change in our community. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days.
Congratulations on making it mostly through the second straight year of March, 2020.
What better way to spend your Friday than a trip to the circus, as performed by one of the 20th century’s greatest artists?
The last few years have been a period of rapid market consolidation in scholarly publishing. Here, a look at the ongoing demise of the independent research society publisher, as more and more continue to sign on with larger publishing partners.
A holiday ode to the comma, and knowing where it goes.
Some Friday Zen as Highlighter markers are made, and a classic trip to the crayon factory is revisited.
We’re off for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Hope this week brings you some sweet relief.
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.
Where does the idiom “dead as a doornail” come from?
A smashingly great music video for a song that sounds like English, but if you speak the language, isn’t quite there.