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Todd A Carpenter

FORCE11 and COPE Release Recommendations on Data Publishing Ethics for Publishers and Repositories: A Discussion with the Working Group Leadership

FORCE11 and COPE release recommendations on data publishing ethics for researchers, publishers, and editors.

  • By Todd A Carpenter, Matt Cannon
  • Oct 20, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Ask The Chefs: OSTP Policy Part II

Day 2 of Chef reactions to the OSTP Policy memo. What are your thoughts? Share your views with the Scholarly Kitchen community.

  • By Ann Michael, Todd A Carpenter, Angela Cochran, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Karin Wulf, Michael Clarke
  • Aug 31, 2022
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

#ProTip for Authors: There’s More to Writing Your Manuscript Than Just the Text

Authors need to understand more about producing web documents, particularly accessibility, if they want to forgo traditional publishing.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jul 27, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Innovating the Science of Science: A report of the ICSSI meeting

A new conference explores ways research can turn the scientific method onto improving its own results.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jun 28, 2022
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Let the Metadata Wars Begin

Two giants in the library technology market move the battle over who controls library catalog records to court.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jun 22, 2022
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Ask The Chefs: It’s Travel Time Again!

Professional conferences, it’s been a while, but we’re ready for you – or are we? This week we ask the chefs what did you forgot while we were home for 2 years? What’s changed and how are you adjusting?

  • By Ann Michael, Lettie Y. Conrad, Haseeb Irfanullah, Todd A Carpenter, David Smith, Charlie Rapple, Angela Cochran, Judy Luther, David Crotty
  • Jun 14, 2022
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Ask the Chefs: Which Organizations Do You Volunteer For And Why?

Earlier this month we asked the community which organizations they volunteer for and why. Today it’s the Chefs’ turn!

  • By Alice Meadows, Tim Vines, Angela Cochran, Lettie Y. Conrad, Rick Anderson, Todd A Carpenter, Dianndra Roberts, Haseeb Irfanullah, Judy Luther
  • May 26, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Is Infrastructure Consolidation the Next Step? CCC Acquires Ringgold

In the light of CCCs acquisition of Ringgold last week, three Chefs, Phill Jones, Roger Schonfeld, and Todd Carpenter reflect on the motivations for the move and its implications for PIDs and organisational identifiers.

  • By Phill Jones, Roger C. Schonfeld, Todd A Carpenter
  • May 10, 2022
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Returning to the Workplace

With the Omicron surge in the rearview mirror, our Chefs reflect on returning to the workplace.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Joseph Esposito, Todd A Carpenter, Karin Wulf, Angela Cochran
  • Mar 14, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Iterative Development, User-centered Design, and the Fear of Getting it Wrong in Publishing

User-centered design provides a model for improving services, but is the history of print holding publishers back?

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Feb 1, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

FORCE11 Engages a Global Audience at FORCE2021

FORCE11 hosts a diverse virtual conference to build global connections to improve scholarly communications.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Dec 15, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2021, Part 2

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Today we offer Part 2 of our suggestions.

  • By Todd A Carpenter, Charlie Rapple, Alice Meadows, Angela Cochran, Alison Mudditt, Karin Wulf, Judy Luther
  • Nov 23, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 14 mins

Celebrating 25 Years of Preserving the Web

Since 1996, the Internet Archive has been capturing the World Wide Web but also doing so much more to preserve our digital world behind the scenes.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 19, 2021
  • 24 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Where Does Enhancement End and Citation Begin?

As more publishers semantically enrich documents, Todd Carpenter considers whether links are the same as citations

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 6, 2021
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Happy Birthday to the eBook!

On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jul 13, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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