University Presses: Missing an Opportunity?
While university presses shrink and go digital, are they trying to preserve a structural memory in the face of a modern reality?
Access: Revolution or Evolution?
Is open access to science best described as an evolution or revolution?
Owing It All to AOL?
Twitter, Facebook, and Google may owe everything to AOL. But to what did AOL owe its success?
Film: History of the Internet
The law of unintended consequences states that it’s all unintended. This video documents one chain of events important for all publishers.
Craft, Control, and Aesthetics = Print
E-publishing ties content to a platform — one that is often bereft of aesthetics and craft. Is this why digital publishing still leaves people cold?
You’re Murdering a Newspaper!
Newspapers are running out of ideas. A litany of desperate measures don’t bode well for a dying industry.
Why Text Still Rules
Text still dominates, but is finding new purposes in an increasingly hybridized media ecosystem.
Inspiration to End 2008
As we shut off the stoves in the Scholarly Kitchen for 2008, we leave you with an inspirational montage of famous film moments.
The Dead Magazines Song
The grim parade of dead magazines — put to music!
Content Is Dethroned
Content from yesteryear no longer works in the modern world. We have to re-imagine.
They Don’t Care!
And apparently, you don’t care about how others do, either.
Halloween Scholarship
The origins of Halloween, via video. Boo!
Big News, Small Newspaper
The Christian Science Monitor drops daily print. The big news may be that it still exists at all.
Late Summer Recap
In case you were on vacation, here are some dishes you might have missed during our summer season.
Suddenly, It’s 1993!
Something looked old-fashioned, and created a reverie for 1993, a quaint time just 15 years ago!