Will Publishers Have Platforms?
Publishers are losing online traffic on their own platforms. What does this mean for the future of the publisher site and the hosted platform companies?
Funder Mandates and A Potential Change in Laboratory Dynamics
What happens when regulations around research funding pit the interests of the laboratory head against those of their students and postdocs?
Why You Should Care about Open Access: An Open Letter to Scholarly and Scientific Authors
If you’re a scholarly and scientific author and you think the open access movement is irrelevant to your interests, think again.
Building an Effective Board
Ever felt frustrated with your governing board? Although the board may not be of your design, there’s still much you can do to shape an effective board that truly adds value to execution of your business strategy and mission. Read on to find out how!
Is Hybrid a Valid Pathway to Open Access? Publishers Argue Yes, in Response to Plan S
As we await the next communication from Coalition S, the largest publishers indicate that they will not abandon the hybrid pathway for open access.
NISO and NFAIS Announce Plans to Merge
NISO and NFAIS announced a planned merger yesterday, designed to better serve their members during a time of rapid change.
A Brief History of History Responding to Open Access
History as a discipline has a history of responding to Open Access Initiatives. What can we learn from this history of history that could push faster, farther toward collaboratively designed and implemented OA?
Editorial Independence and Journal Ownership in the Age of Open Science
The editorial board for the Journal of Informetrics declared checkmate when they resigned over Elsevier’s open access and open citations policies. Raising both practical and moral questions of journal ownership, the editors of Learning Publishing ask: What can this power move tell us about editorial ownership in the age of open science?
Taking Stock of the Feedback on Plan S Implementation Guidance
With thousand of pages of feedback on the Plans S implementation guidance, what themes emerged that might guide next steps? By @lisalibrarian
Ask The Chefs: The Future Form Of Scholarly Communication
With the changes afoot in scholarly communications practices, sentiment, and business models, the Chefs consider: What are we aiming for?
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
If ever there was a time for society publishers to start advocating for themselves, that time is now. In this post, Angela Cochran challenges society publishers to find their voice in affecting policy decisions that relate to their programs.
Celebrating 30,000 Open Access Articles … PARs, RAPs, and Exploring Implications
Does the Wiley/DEAL Publish-and-Read agreement open new pathways to open access? And what’s a PAR anyway?
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Baffling Funder Mandate
Famed detective Sherlock Holmes does his best to help his friend Dr. Watson figure out how best to comply with the requirements of Plan S.
Plan S: What About Researchers?
In this article, Robert Harington implores Plan S leaders and funders to take researcher needs to heart.
The Double-bind Theory of Scholarly Publishing
What the public wants is better science, not open science. Plan S has put those two forces in conflict, and it is driving everybody crazy.