Revisiting in a New Light: A Conference Call in Real Life
Living in our new world of videoconferencing makes it worth reconsidering a funny video on the perils of conference calls.
Parenting School Aged Children Through a Pandemic
A group of Chefs reflects the struggles we are facing, and the lessons we are learning, about parenting during the pandemic.
Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing
Organizations across the globe are being forced to adapt quickly, with some allowing employees to work from home the first time. But there are many reasons to shift to a remote team – learn more about why and how in today’s post.
Ritual, Process, and Social Interaction: The World’s Oldest Surviving Video Rental Store
A visit to the world’s longest running video rental store and a lesson about the value of inconvenience.
Is it Finally the Year of Research Data? – The STM Association Thinks So
On February 26th, Phill Jones gate-crashed the 2nd STM association research data workshop. Here’s what he learned about the progress being made and that challenges ahead in making data sharable, open, and maybe even FAIR.
Humans are the Loop: Social Solutions to Technological Challenges
From Siri to autonomous vehicles, the magic of tech innovations are wrought by human ingenuity — and setting boundaries around these technologies is a social enterprise, with inherently cultural implications.
Every Pop Melody Possible is Now in the Public Domain
What if you used a computer to generate every possible song and then put it in the public domain? Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin did just that.
“Recenter Library Systems on the User”: An Interview with OhioLINK’s Gwen Evans
The major US library consortium OhioLINK has created a vision for the systems that libraries use for acquiring content from publishers, managing collections, and enabling discovery. An interview about this vision with executive director Gwen Evans,
What’s Old is New Again: The Lost Art of Typewriting
The novelty of using a typewriter and the value in slowing down.
If My AI Wrote this Post, Could I Own the Copyright?
Todd Carpenter reports on a forum hosted by WIPO and the Copyright Office that focused on whether copyright can apply to the works created by artificial intelligence systems.
AI Upscales 1896 Movie to High Definition
Artificial intelligence tools are used on a historical piece of footage to great effect.
Typography Turns Words into Stories with Influence
Typography is storytelling, and can be used to reveal truths or create myths. Learn more on how this works from Sarah Hyndman.
The Marvelous Microscopic World in Motion
The 2019 Nikon Small World In Motion competition winners show the continuous leaps and bounds in imaging technology.
Back to Basics: When in Doubt, Get Fundamental
Flashy new technologies come and go, but getting back to basics is a reminder that the “killer app” is high-quality content, composed in accordance with established standards for discoverability and accessibility.
Who Is Competing to Own Researcher Identity?
The structural transition wrought by the internet continues to transform the journal-centric model of scholarly publishing into a researcher-centric model of scholarly communication. Success requires engagement with researcher identity, which is a struggle even for most of the largest publishing houses. Who is competing to own researcher identity and how can other publishers engage this vital role?