Dark Secrets: Open Access and Author Processing Charges
Transparency and accountability are at the heart of Open Access. If only library advocates would walk the talk.
Elsevier Published Fake Journals
Publisher admits to publishing 6 fake medical journals. Company official says the practice has ceased and strict disclosure rules are in place.
Chaos Plays Catch-up
An embattled math journal resumes publishing without its editor. Is this journal preparing to close shop?
What’s Wrong with Memory?
We are all susceptible to believing false and implausible events claims leading memory researcher at Council of Science Editor’s Annual Meeting.
Paying for Open Access Publication Charges
New report outlines guidelines for establishing central publication funds. Success of these funds may spell failure for libraries.
Open Access Voted Down at Maryland
Academic freedom cited as main counter-argument.
Publishers in a Post-Ownership World
While the entertainment industry calls for tightening control of intellectual property, academic publishers are accepting alternative solutions to ownership. Is there a future for publishing?
iNap@Work – Next Killer App or Killer Nap?
Small, cheap and democratic. Is the bazaar model of software production the next killer ap?
The Paradox of Persistence in an Attention Economy
Can successful behavior on YouTube translate to academic publishing?
Competing Views of Intellectual “Property”
The NIH Public Access Policy debate can be better understood through the lenses of competing Intellectual Property theories.
Information as Property
We need to shake ourselves from the metaphor of Intellectual Property and create a new way of viewing information.
JoVE Leaves Open Access Behind
Revolutionary scientific video journal implements subscription model, cites financial and quality reasons.
Mergers Create Uber Publisher
According to a leaked document, publishing giants Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley-Blackwell will merge.
Access: Revolution or Evolution?
Is open access to science best described as an evolution or revolution?
Will Science Blogs Fill Void Left By Departing Journalists?
Science journalism is quickly vanishing. Will blogging fill the void? It depends on what you expect from your ‘news’