Quantitative Comments — Highlighting Some of the Math About Finances and Profits Contributed by Readers
Recent comments on a post about Gold OA in the UK dissected a lot of assertions we commonly see, and bear a closer reading.
Join The Scholarly Kitchen for a Session at the Upcoming Publishing Business Conference & Expo
Join a group of Scholarly Kitchen “Chefs” for a session at the upcoming Publishing Business Conference & Expo.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Mitch Joel on Rebooting Your Business, and Your Life
Mitch Joel talks about how to survive and thrive in the current era of technology-driven change.
The Six Second Science Fair
Can you spare six seconds for a short film about science?
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Carol Tenopir on Time, Value, and Trust in Scholarly Communication
A conversation with information scientist Carol Tenopir.
Stick to Your Ribs: Science and Web 2.0: Talking About Science vs. Doing Science
Revisiting the subject of social media and scientific research–have we made much progress in the last few years?
Spoilers, Social Media Feeding Frenzies and the Need to Connect
Back in 2009, I wrote a post about the death of the television schedule. In the post, I discussed shelf life versus participation value for content, highlighting the rare entertainment events like sports that continue to offer a semblance of […]
Antisocial in a Social World
Do we as publishers, societies and libraries understand how to grapple with the needs of academics with such a range of cultures?
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Scholarly Societies and the Search for Relevance
Scholarly Kitchen chef Alice Meadows discusses the challenges, and opportunities, for scientific societies in an Internet era.
Jaron Lanier Discusses Power Laws, Centralized Publishing, and the Social Perils of Free Information
An interview in IEEE Spectrum with Jaron Lanier touches on the perils of free information, including shrinking the information economy, creating a few powerful players, and providing the government free tools of power.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Bibliometrics in an Age of Abundance
Chef Phil Davis discusses the current state of the art in analysis of citation, usage, and other information sources, and some of the opportunities and challenges for bibliometrics in a data-rich era.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Jason Priem on Altmetrics, Today and Tomorrow
An advocate for alternative metrics for article impact takes stock of where they are now, and where they’re going.
Putting Freemium Marketing into Context
This is a slide presentation on freemium marketing, which was delivered at the 2013 SSP conference. The key argument is that freemium marketing is a form of product sampling, which must be integrated into the overall marketing plan.
The Personality of a Publisher
While we tend to think of publishing as an attempt to make objectively true comments about the quality of research, in fact publishing is driven by personality. Services that try to eliminate such personality are likely to see personality reassert itself in other ways.
Populism vs. Activism — Encountering Limitations in the Age of Online Petitions and Signatures
We’re officially in the age of online petitions, which may be taking the place of actual activism. Is that an improvement?