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Instead of filling in the blanks of attribution with the same old agents, maybe we need to go beyond the usual suspects.
Instead of filling in the blanks of attribution with the same old agents, maybe we need to go beyond the usual suspects.
John Palfrey talks about digital scholarship, digital students, and the challenges and opportunities both provide. From the closing plenary of the SSP Annual Meeting.
A set of time-lapse videos of the night skies will leave you in awe.
Are librarians making the same mistake railroads made — forgetting their purpose to remain tied to their physical heritage?
Oscillations are captured wonderfully in this short video.
A nice video documenting how a humanities journal is made inadvertently hits on some other themes, almost by exclusion.
Humor about scientific misconduct may reflect a deeper, more serious side of academic culture gone wrong.
This week, we revisit the power of persuasion, and wonder out loud if perhaps publishers suffer from traits that hold back engagement.
Three announcements from the SSP, and only 2/3 involve the Hub . . .
While e-readers continue to fail crucial tests for academic utility, the alternative hints at more robust devices, not a return to print.
This time, the winner is . . . just as ambiguous.
A massive study of student papers by Turnitin reveals that many are copying text from Wikipedia and other user-generated sites, but it’s not clear in distinguishing text-matches from plagiarism.
With a bad job market for PhDs and heavy student debt, should we reexamine our expectations of higher education?
The “education as financial bubble” meme is spreading, and new facts and comparisons are emerging.
Blackboard is the target of speculation about a takeover, the WSJ reports. What might this mean?