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.
An interview with Ganna Kharlamova, who is working to changing the way scholarly communications and publishing are conducted in Ukraine.
In light of recent events, we revisit Karin Wulf’s 2022 post which declared that universities need democracy, and vice versa, and discussed an important book which shows the 20th century history of that relationship in the United States, and offers a prescription for what we do as both are imperiled.
Halloween has concluded, but things are still looking scary in the US for public health.
Some thoughts on this year’s Open Access Week theme, “community over commercialization.”
Why is the English language so filled with nautical terms?
Congratulations to Heather Staines and her cast for converting ALPSP delegates to the grand tradition of the conference skit.
Revisiting Rick Anderson’s 2022 post which asks, are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.
The floppy discs behind a long lost digital piece of art are recovered.
Jon Repetti reflects on the lessons being learned from the American Philosophical Society’s re-entrance into the fray of the scholarly publishing marketplace.
Where do common food names come from, and how does changing the name of a food reflect marketing and sales?
Why do some names fall out of fashion, and how is the study of names like the study of genetics?
Why are English spellings so inconsistent and weird?
A short explanation of one way that Jane Austen changed literature.
Which words do you mispronounce? Or rather, which words that you mispronounce today will eventually be “correct”?