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Archives: Pandemic

Ask The Chefs: New Normal Part 2

From binge watching, binge listening, reconnecting with neighbors and old friends, Zoom happy hours or Zoom family game nights, to cooking, exercising, and gardening, we’re all figuring out how to get through our days. What’s your strategy? Part 2 of our answers today.

  • By Ann Michael, Todd A Carpenter, Siân Harris, David Crotty, Rick Anderson, Jasmine Wallace, Judy Luther
  • Apr 24, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Ask The Chefs: New Normal Part 1

From binge watching, binge listening, reconnecting with neighbors and old friends, Zoom happy hours or Zoom family game nights, to cooking, exercising, and gardening, we’re all figuring out how to get through our days. What’s your strategy? Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.

  • By Ann Michael, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Joseph Esposito, David Smith, Tim Vines, Charlie Rapple, Haseeb Irfanullah, Karin Wulf
  • Apr 23, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post – Seamless Remote Access During a Global Pandemic: An Indispensable Necessity

Ralph Youngen from the American Chemical Society discusses their efforts to provide remote access to researchers during the current pandemic and how new technologies and standards like RA21 and SeamlessAccess are helpful.

  • By Ralph Youngen
  • Apr 21, 2020
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

If I Knew Then What I Know Now

A time traveler goes back four months to explain to herself what’s been happening in 2020.

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 17, 2020
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Scholarly Setlist: a Game for Lockdown

Passing the time during lockdown: how many bands can you think of with something relating to scholarly publishing in their name? Charlie Rapple shares a few to get you started in today’s Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Apr 10, 2020
  • 91 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Apr 8, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Academic Libraries at a Pivotal Moment

New findings from Ithaka S+R provide the most recent and comprehensive evidence for how academic library acquisitions and open access initiatives may proceed in light of the present disruptions

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg
  • Apr 6, 2020
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Goodnight Dolly

Champion of literacy, Dolly Parton offers a weekly bedtime story.

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

The Internet Archive Chooses Readers

How will we meet this moment of global crisis? The Internet Archive breaks glass.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Apr 2, 2020
  • 27 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Does Research Have Any Value in a Refugee Crisis?

How does research translate into societal impact, particularly in light of a refugee crisis?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Community Engagement Amidst a Crisis

Recognizing the importance of community engagement, but also some of the challenges facing traditional forms of engagement and incumbent facilitators, several chefs reflect on how one facilitates a community amidst today’s crisis.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Alice Meadows, Robert Harington
  • Mar 31, 2020
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Marketing Amidst a Pandemic

Our Chefs reflect on considerations for marketing and marketers amid the pandemic.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Alison Mudditt, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Charlie Rapple, Rick Anderson, David Crotty
  • Mar 30, 2020
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

A History of Panic Buying

A humorous look at how the human brain consistently reacts to crisis in a similar manner — by hording toilet paper.

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 27, 2020
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post — Coronavirus is a Wakeup Call for Academic Conferences. Here’s Why

This guest post by Sami Benchekroun and Michelle Kuepper of Morressier highlights some of the tools available for digitizing conferences and disseminate important early stage research information.

  • By Sami Benchekroun, Michelle Kuepper
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Academic Library Response to COVID-19: Real-Time Data Gathering and Dissemination 

The story behind the survey for and from the academic library community as it responds to COVID-19 by @lisalibrarian + @cwolffeisenberg.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg
  • Mar 23, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

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