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Revisiting: Interstitial Publishing

Looking back at a 2015 post on the idea of interstitial publishing, a new form of publishing that aims to take advantage of what previously was viewed as lost time in between primary events during the day.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Feb 1, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Measuring Metadata Impacts: Books Discoverability in Google Scholar

Although Google Scholar claims to not use DOI metadata in its search index, a recent study finds that books with DOIs are generally more discoverable than those without DOIs.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Michelle Urberg
  • Jan 17, 2023
  • 9 Comments

Trust and the Personal Library

Who holds the particular book needed by a reader? What is the balance between the personal library and the institutional collection?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Jan 9, 2023
  • 6 Comments

Ending the Year with Beautiful Books

We’re off through the New Year. Here are some beautiful books to tide you over….

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 16, 2022
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Books Are For Use and What That Means

We don’t talk very much about physical production values for books. What message does that send to readers of scholarly titles?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Dec 6, 2022
  • 9 Comments

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2022, Part 3

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 3 today.

  • By Angela Cochran, Karin Wulf, David Smith
  • Dec 1, 2022
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Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2022, Part 2

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 2 today.

  • By David Crotty, Rick Anderson, Jill O'Neill, Charlie Rapple
  • Nov 30, 2022
  • 1 Comment

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2022, Part 1

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 1 today.

  • By Joseph Esposito, Alice Meadows, Todd A Carpenter
  • Nov 29, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — Charleston 2022 — Finding Paths to Open Access Book Publishing

Erich van Rijn looks at the University of California’s Luminos open access books program and reviews lessons learned and what is needed for such programs to succeed.

  • By Erich van Rijn
  • Nov 17, 2022
  • 11 Comments

The SSP Humanities Community Network Lifts Off

A Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Professionals Community of Interest Network is launching! An interview with facilitators Laura Ansley and Dawn Durante about the group and its focus –and how it’s meeting a clear need.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Aug 25, 2022
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Guest Post — The Monograph and the Mission: University of Michigan Pledges $1.2 Million to Fund Open Access Book Publishing

The University of Michigan Press discusses its burgeoning open access monograph program.

  • By Elizabeth Demers, Kristen Twardowski, Charles Watkinson
  • Aug 24, 2022
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Scientific Journeys: A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science – A Book Review

Robert Harington reviews Fred Dylla’s book, Scientific Journeys: A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science, a collection of prose pieces that portray the author’s approach to a world of science and the science of the world.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Aug 4, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Found in a Library Book

The Oakland Public Library shows us what they’ve found.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jul 15, 2022
  • 3 Comments

What Universities — and Libraries, Researchers, and Publishers? — Owe Democracy

Universities need democracy, and vice versa. An important book shows the 20th century history of that relationship in the United States, and offers a prescription for what we do now that both are imperiled.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jun 16, 2022
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The Ghost of Publishing Past: George Gissing’s “New Grub Street”

A lesson in publishing’s past is provided by George Gissing’s Victorian Era novel.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • May 23, 2022
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Not so sure it’s what publishers aren’t providing. It’s further downstream in policies, practices and how research is being conducted where the transition is needed. E.g. you can enforce mandatory data, but many researchers aren’t prepped to share it openly upon publication. https://twitter.com/scholarlykitchn/status/1621124460685426689

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