Unfair Use
Blogging, like journalism, amplifies the dissemination of scientific information. But tensions still exist between bloggers and the mainstream media.
Citations & the Missing Link
A paper examines faulty citations, but the authors are on shaky ground.
The Paradox of Online Journals
Online availability of articles may shorten citation window, lead to fewer articles being cited new research suggests.
APA Reverses PubMed Deposit Charge
The American Psychological Association has abruptly halted a policy that would charge $2,500 for archiving in PubMed Central
The Age of the Blog
Michael Bhaskar at theDigitalist.net has written an interesting two-part rumination on the place of blogs in the publisher milieu. In it, he neatly slices publishers away from the technological aspect of blogs — wisely dismissing publishers as possible creators of […]
Truthiness and Pablumonium
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I published a post containing a neologism — pablumonium — that caught people’s attention. I was pleasantly surprised by the emails and feedback since it was a long post and a wry insertion of a strangely […]
Market-based Solution to Info-glut
Finding a solution to a glut of information and a scarcity of attention can work for email and scholarly publishing.
OA Author’s Fund — 1% Solution, 99% Ideology
We are seeing a publishing model that has roots in cold, hard currency transformed into an idolatry of ideology.
AP vs. Blogs: Spoiler Alert!
The AP is taking on blogs. They won’t win by fighting.
Open Access 2.0: When Free Gets Expensive
Joe Esposito’s new article in the Journal of Electronic Publishing is not your typical Open Access diatribe loosely held together with non-sequiturs, nor is it a pronouncement of how-we-done-good in our company/library. It is a cogent argument based on the economic theory of attention.
Twitter — One Month Later
One month ago, I wrote on this blog that I would begin using Twitter for a month, and see how it worked, both technically and practically. Now, one month later, here are some reflections: Overall, I liked it. I added […]
Blog for Health
Blogging is good for you, or so says a study from the Oncologist as described in Scientific American. Expressive writing promotes biochemical processes: besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves […]
Lois Smith: “Comment-ier” Isn’t Better
Commenting is one option among many for measuring the success of a blog.
Summer Reading — By the Book, or By the Box?
60% of book purchases now happen outside the traditional brick-and-mortar bookstore
The Efficiency of Peer-Review
Recently, Cambridge Economic Policy Associates completed an analysis trying to assess the “hidden” value of peer-review, according to a story in the Times Higher Education. They estimate the value to be £1.9 billion (or about US$3.8 billion), with the UK […]