How Meaningful and Reliable Are Social Article Metrics?
New publishing initiatives link concepts like “importance” to social metrics like popularity and sharing. Is this logical? Can these metrics be easily gamed?
New publishing initiatives link concepts like “importance” to social metrics like popularity and sharing. Is this logical? Can these metrics be easily gamed?
The CHE features some of the parody videos about academic life, including this one about academic librarians.
Books take the shape of their containers, and the containers in turn shape the kinds of books we create. The new ebook containers have different affordances, which must be studied to develop a successful ebook program.
A lovely little skit about what happens when your Blackberry is broken.
In 2011, the power of the individual consumer will set your strategies.
Another science blogging network implodes, a sign that the age of exuberance is giving way to the business realities.
Mary Meeker sums up 2010 in this slideshow, and invites us to ponder yet again what kind of ride we’re in for.
Bob Stein has proposed a taxonomy for social reading, which refers to all the conversations and comments that take place about a book.
Users are gaining a “me at the center” expectation, but publishers have a “we at the center” world view. Can the wrenching changes be made? David Worlock worries maybe not.
McLuhan posited “the medium is the message.” Is it still? GenY might teach us a thing or two.
While losing distribution and production advantages might have hurt our businesses, losing our roles as anchoring and trust centers might cut deeper.
Can social reputation metrics provide a meaningful incentive for researcher participation in peer-review and online commentary?
Radiohead’s bassist contemplates the band’s journey through digital distribution as they prepare to release another group of songs. Publishers can find parallels.
The keynote of the SSP IN meeting inadvertently raises a question — Is it possible to market new e-learning tools without blaming teachers or the educational system?
A provost sees multi-tasking in his home, and decides to make his university suffer — all because he took the wrong lesson to heart.