The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?
A recently announced partnership with Emerald Publishing will bring the EveryLibrary Institute’s expertise to the academic library community as the U.S. government attacks extend to institutions of higher education.
In this article, I present five specific developments which may give us an idea how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.
The renaming of “Mount Denali” and “Gulf of Mexico” to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley” and “Gulf of America” reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where meaning is contested and conquered.
With Executive Orders banning mentions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), what happens to research when these principles are erased? This post explores the risks of a ‘post-DEI’ society—lost data, eroded trust, and weakened scientific progress—and why inclusive research remains critical.
Recently, a group of Ukrainian researchers uncovered serious violations in the use of ISSN identifiers by journals operating in temporarily occupied territories, revealing systematic misuse of academic infrastructure and promoting narratives hostile to Ukraine.
Academic libraries’ first and most fundamental obligation is to support the work of their host institutions. This doesn’t preclude global engagement, but may put constraints upon it.
Bringing back a post from 2018, as funders increasingly demand measurements of “real world” impact from researchers. Does this steer us toward the same traps we’re already in from the ways we already do research assessment and is this short-term thinking problematic for the future of science?
My glass of optimism is usually full. But my glass is leaking now, or maybe it’s broken? The realities of the new political landscape have cast its shadow on the future of academia.
This is the third and final article in a guest series reflecting on the main themes and ideas gathered and discussed at The Munin Conference at the end of 2024. Today’s focus is measuring impact.
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., an independent publisher focused on cutting edge biotechnology research, has been acquired by Sage. In this interview, the company’s namesake shares her future vision of the company under Sage ownership as well as her reflections on over 40 years of STM publishing.
India’s recently announced One Nation, One Subscription plan is in some ways an audacious step into the future and, in other ways, an embrace of the past. What are its implications?
DORA’s reaction to Clarivate’s decision to no longer fully index eLife (and, therefore, not to give it a Journal Impact Factor) seems inconsistent with both its and eLife’s public positions, and based on the mistaken belief that “disruption” is an absolute good in itself.