Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2020, 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!) . Part 2.
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2020, Part 1
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.
There is No Truth, There is Only Workflow
The crisis of information integrity is real. Integrity of workflow — analyses of process, investment in process, transparency of process — is the intervention
The 360° Competitor
The defining aspect of such an organization is that it operates as an industry nexus.
Guest Post — The Economics of Trust in Peer Review
Peer Review Week 2020 continues with a guest post by Dawn Durante of the University of Texas Press, looking at trust in peer review from the perspective of economics.
Guest Post — What are Academic Book Publishers for? Part 2
What have academic book publishers been for? And what might they be for, in the future? Part 2
Guest Post — What are Academic Book Publishers for? Part 1
What have academic book publishers been for? And what might they be for, in the future?
Connecting by Reading: A Selection of Books on Race and Racism, Part 2
Today’s post includes part 2 of books about race and racism. When we read, we learn about each other and open our minds to other perspectives.
Connecting by Reading: A Selection of Books About Race and Racism, Part 1
Today’s post features several guest authors reviewing books on racism and anti-racism. When we read, we learn.
Guest Post — Books for the 2020s: The Role of Book Content in the STM Researcher Ecosystem
What is the role of book content in the Science, Technical and Medical (STM) researcher ecosystem?
Talking About – and Maybe Even Selling – Books in a Pandemic
With their audiences in COVID-19 lockdown, publishers are testing out new marketing strategies while some authors are taking matters into their own hands.
Goodnight Dolly
Champion of literacy, Dolly Parton offers a weekly bedtime story.
The Internet Archive Chooses Readers
How will we meet this moment of global crisis? The Internet Archive breaks glass.
Guest Post — An Update to OhioLINK’s Affordable Textbooks Initiative
Gwen Evans from OhioLink looks at the positive results of the consortium’s statewide affordable textbooks initiative.
Guest Post — Everything* You Ever Wanted to Know about Conference Proceedings But Were Afraid to Ask
Alex Birukou from Springer Nature offers an overview of Conference Proceedings publication, and how they straddle the line between journals and books.