Picture This, Science Teachers!
Amazon’s new iPhone app leverages camera phones and humans in a new way. Can science education take a similar approach?
Shrinking Pie = Lost Waste
A major label is now getting most of its revenues from digital sources, but the pie is shrinking. Is it? Or is it just showing how inflated the pie was in the era of fixed media?
Naughty Networks
Social networks drive naughtiness. Should Santa Claus revise his approach?
10,000 Kindle Subscriptions
The New York Times has 10,000 Kindle subscribers. What else is coming?
Google’s SearchWiki
Google’s new SearchWiki implementation has grabbed some attention, but will it actually make a difference to users?
Are Publishers Anti-Publishing?
Do publishers really believe in what they do? Or have they essentially thrown in the towel?
Scientists Reading More, Citing Less
Scientists appear to be reading more AND citing less. Are these two findings compatible?
A “Great Comments” Roundup
Here at the Scholarly Kitchen, we’re well aware that our patrons are definitely some of the best in town, often cooks in their own right, with recipes to share and critiques always worthy of attention. This is best reflected in […]
(De)personalized
The online world is increasingly personalized, while real-world settings are increasingly depersonalized. Will it change?
They Don’t Care!
And apparently, you don’t care about how others do, either.
Should You Pay To Get Cited?
Two Swiss economists claim that the supposed Open Access citation advantage can be explained by self-selection and recommend authors save their research dollars.
Downloads as Failure
Bragging about downloads is akin to saying your site doesn’t work well. Authors will soon start to notice.
Another New Cook in the Kitchen
Please join us in welcoming the culinary acumen of Joseph Esposito to the Scholarly Kitchen. Joe is an independent consultant providing strategy assessment and interim management to the information industries. He has served as an executive at Simon & Schuster […]
ARL/Ithaka Report on Scholarly Communication
Circular reasoning and tradition cloud an otherwise significant report on what constitutes scholarship today.
Open Source Lessons
Open source has come to hardware, illustrating again why the lessons still don’t apply to scholarship.