Guest Post — The Academic Market in China: An Overview
Consultant Tao Tao offers an overview of the Chinese academic market. Where should you be concentrating your efforts?
The Coming Wave of Affordable Textbooks
At the Charleston conference this year, a panel on the library’s role in providing affordable textbooks showed the way to great savings and innovation in instructional materials.
Learning Lessons from DPLA
A not-for-profit library collaborative, the Digital Public Library of America, laid off six members of its small team and is announcing a strategic pivot. What are some of the broader lessons that we can learn about innovation and collaboration in the scholarly communications sector?
The New CLOCKSS Succession Plan: An Interview with Executive Director Craig Van Dyck
This week, CLOCKSS has announced its new Succession Plan, a key component of its preservation strategy. Today, Roger Schonfeld interviews CLOCKSS executive director Craig van Dyck about the announcement and other digital preservation issues.
Affordable Learning Requires a Diverse Approach, Part 2: Applying Consortial Power to Leverage Student Savings
The executive director of OhioLINK shares that consortium’s experience instituting a statewide “inclusive access” textbook program–and with the criticism that has come their way as a result. (Part 2 of 2.)
Affordable Learning Requires a Diverse Approach, Part 1: Playing the Short Game (and the Long One) to Secure Savings for Students
The executive director of OhioLINK shares that consortium’s experience instituting a statewide “inclusive access” textbook program–and with the criticism that has come their way as a result. (Part 1 of 2.)
Guest Post — The Evolution of Infrastructure: Making a Renewed Investment in Preservation at Portico
Over recent weeks, infrastructure has been a major focus for the community. Building infrastructure is important, but just as important is maintaining and evolving that infrastructure. Kate Wittenberg and Sheila Morrissey discuss the importance of preservation, and the work Portico has had to do to adapt to an ever-changing information landscape.
HathiTrust Expands Offerings to Researchers: A Conversation with Mike Furlough (and Others)
The HathiTrust Research Center has recently announced a significant expansion of its services. Rick Anderson discusses the changes with Executive Director Mike Furlough and staff.
Guest Post — A Long Tale: Why Book Selection is Always Up for Debate, Part 2
Part 2 of Bob Nardini’s look at the history and strategy behind library book acquisition activities.
Guest Post — A Long Tale: Why Book Selection is Always Up for Debate, Part 1
Bob Nardini looks at the history and strategy behind library book acquisition activities. Part 1 today…
Navigating the Big Deal: A Guide for Societies
Shifts in how publishers market and sell journal packages have significant implications for society journal valuations over the long term. These same shifts may also be setting some societies up for publisher “lock-in” — making it difficult to change publishers in the future.
MLIS: Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing
Abigail Wickes and Erica Leeman discuss early career experiences, the value of an MLIS degree across the industry, and the need for metadata expertise in publishing.
Guest Post: Why a Society Publisher is Moving Toward Read and Publish Models
Emma Wilson from the Royal Society of Chemistry discusses their Read and Publish strategies for a transition to open access.
Guest Post: Think Sci-Hub is Just Downloading PDFs? Think Again
They’re phishing, hacking, and password-cracking to steal personal and research data from the world’s academic institutions. Andrew Pitts takes a hard look at Sci-Hub as, “Corrupt cybercriminals, not Robin Hood.”
Privacy in User Research: Can You?
Can you prioritize privacy in user research? Simply put – yes.