Judy Luther, Author at The Scholarly Kitchen

As President of Informed Strategies, I lead a team that works with publishers and vendors to evaluate market strategies and to design and develop user oriented products and services. Our insights on content trends lead to practical advice and measurable results. Prior to consulting I worked in sales management for the citation indexes (now Clarivate Analytics) and had a first career in academic libraries.

Articles by Judy Luther

Have Content will Travel: Author-Interview Podcasts for Scholarly Books

An interview with Marshall Poe, editor-in-chief of the New Books Network, a rapidly growing platform for podcasts about scholarly works.

Innovative Research and Creative Output: From Ideas to Impact

Evolving forms of digital scholarship such a 3-D images, multimedia, and geographic data are relatively new elements in the scholar’s workflow. These formats appear in stark contrast to the legacy books and journal articles required for career advancement within the […]

Failure to Deliver: Reaching Users in an Increasingly Mobile World

Judy Luther and Todd Carpenter look at the technological challenges of providing access to content in an increasingly dispersed and mobile world.

The Stars Are Aligning for Preprints

An overview of recent events and the current state of preprints in the scholarly communications landscape.

Back to the Future with EPIC: The Evolving Personalized Information Construct

In 2004, two journalists imagined the impact of social participation would have on the news media.

NISO Vets Research on Altmetrics

NISO has released the results of their year long study of Altmetrics in draft form for comment.

Altmetrics Boosted by EBSCO's Acquisition of Plum Analytics

EBSCO has recently acquired altmetrics startup Plum Analytics. What will this mean for both companies and altmetrics in general?

Book Review — "Academic and Professional Publishing"

A new book for scholarly publishers updates a classic, and shows just how diverse, interesting, and promising scholarly publishing has become.

Mobile Access — Publishers Must Catch Up With User Adoption Trends

Mobile access is reaching an inflection point, but publisher solutions to mobile access are still lagging.

Altmetrics – Trying to Fill the Gap

With the speed of communication today, researchers, authors, and grant funders are impatient to get an indicator of its value. Waiting 1-3 years for publication and citation seems interminable. Conflating an article’s impact with its journals’ impact creates uncertainty, as […]