Ask The Chefs: Permanent Change?
So much change has happened in the last few months. What changes do you think will “stick” in scholarly publishing?
Helping Researchers Communicate Their Findings to the World: An Interview with Emma Feloy of Research Outreach
Research Outreach is a young company that helps researchers make their work more easily intelligible to a lay audience. Editorial Director Emma Feloy answers some questions about how their service works.
How are Academic Institutions Innovating Under Pressure
@TAC_NISO Summarizes a NISO webinar discussion on how institutions are innovating their teaching approaches because of the COVID-19 pandemic by going virtual.
Guest Post: 5 Things Learned from The SSP DC Career Development Lab
Susan Chavez and Chloe Fells detail the career advice learned from a recent SSP event.
Parenting School Aged Children Through a Pandemic
A group of Chefs reflects the struggles we are facing, and the lessons we are learning, about parenting during the pandemic.
What Does “Exponential Growth” Mean?
A math lesson on what is meant by the term “exponential growth”.
Will the Future of Scholarly Communication Be Pluralistic and Democratic, or Monocultural and Authoritarian?
One way or another, the #scholcomm community is going to choose either a diversity of publishing models or a monoculture, because it can’t have both. How will this choice be made, and by whom?
Ask The Chefs: Adapting Core Skills
This month we asked the Chefs: As times change, how have you evolved your core skills to continue to add value to your work and fulfillment to your career?
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 — Attending an International Seminar from the Comfort of your own Boardroom: A Publisher’s Experience with Virtual Meetings
Amber Dilabbio discusses the University of Toronto Press’ experience with virtual attendance at a publishing meeting.
Why Clouds Don’t Fall Out of the Sky
It turns out clouds are really heavy. So how do they float?
Accent Identification
How well do you know regional accents? Some tips on locating a speaker’s origins.
A New Academy to Train Librarians and Researchers about Data Management Has Launched. RDMLA Answers Our Questions.
A new set of courses in research data management is being offered to librarians. Todd Carpenter talks with the founders of the RDMLA to find out more.
Pencil Making
How do they get the lead in the pencil? All will be revealed in today’s video.
Have a Calm and Soothing Friday — By Learning About Logarithms
Have a calming, meditative end to your week by learning some math.