Guest Post: Transforming the Research Paper into a Functional Tool
Code Ocean’s Pierre Montagano talks about expanding our concept of what the research article can offer.
Get The Research: Impactstory Announces a New Science-Finding Tool for the General Public
An interview with Impactstory’s Jason Priem about their new tool, Get The Research.
Better Together
Finding common cause in the scholarly communications community is vital if we are to provide our researchers with the support they need to solve the world’s problems, says Alice Meadows, in today’s post.
Ask the Community (and Chefs): How Can We Achieve Equitable Participation in Open Research?
As we think about open research and equity, we introduce a new type of post: “Ask the Community”, where we invite others to answer the same question put to the Chefs, with a deliberate focus on some of the people or regions of the world that often are disadvantaged in the global research landscape.
HathiTrust Expands Offerings to Researchers: A Conversation with Mike Furlough (and Others)
The HathiTrust Research Center has recently announced a significant expansion of its services. Rick Anderson discusses the changes with Executive Director Mike Furlough and staff.
From Paywall to Datawall
Now, of course copyright owners of “free” resources have the right to set the terms of access. They can put up a datawall that demands the exchange of personal information (and thus enables data tracking, reporting, and maybe even aggregation with other datasets) for the otherwise free article. I wonder how far we will see this extend.
The Microscopic World In Motion
This year’s Nikon Small Worlds In Motion competition showcases the stunning development of live cell imaging technologies.
MLIS: Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing
Abigail Wickes and Erica Leeman discuss early career experiences, the value of an MLIS degree across the industry, and the need for metadata expertise in publishing.
Guest Post: Think Sci-Hub is Just Downloading PDFs? Think Again
They’re phishing, hacking, and password-cracking to steal personal and research data from the world’s academic institutions. Andrew Pitts takes a hard look at Sci-Hub as, “Corrupt cybercriminals, not Robin Hood.”
Guest Post: Open Source and Scholarly Publishing
Adam Hyde from the Coko Foundation answers some commonly asked questions about open source software and its potential for use in scholarly communications.
Mapping Open Science Tools
A fresh mapping of open-science tools for the researcher workflow reveals numerous gaps and opportunities for software solutions in the name of scientific progress.
Guest Post: The Time for Open and Interoperable Annotation is Now
Annotation is increasingly being recognized as a valuable tool in scholarly communications, enabling increased engagement and collaboration and better metrics, and helping improve the quality of scholarly outputs. In this guest post, Heather Staines (Director of Business Development – Hypothes.is) and Alexander Naydenov (Head of Marketing and Co-Founder – Paperhive) tell us why!
The New Plugins — What Goals Are the Access Solutions Pursuing?
The apparently different approaches Kopernio, Unpaywall, and Anywhere Access are taking might have a common assumption at their hearts — the status quo.
Guest Post: Reflections on Text and Language Perception, and the Ramifications for Publishing Workflows
Donald Samulack offers thoughts on typesetting, design, font choice and how the brain processes information to create meaning.
Guest Post: Scholarly Books Unbound: A Portal for Brainy Books
Leann Wilson and Marshall Poe revisit the idea of a unified online books platform for scholarly works.