Have You Looked At This? Vox.com
An overview of Vox, a news site designed around current technology and information trends offers a fresh set of design choices worth considering.
Luddite Horses and Why Your Job May Soon Cease to Exist
A sobering look at the coming “robot revolution”, and how for many jobs in the future, humans need not apply.
The Virtue of Rumor and Groundless Speculation
There is a rumor, based on no or scant evidence, that Google is preparing to launch a platform for scholarly communications, which could threaten established STM publishers. A publisher should react to this by reviewing its own internal operations and value proposition. In particular, the role in certification should be strengthened.
And the New Maxwell Perkins is . . . Google!
Google recently disclosed that they give Web sites higher ranking if they are encrypted. This is but one example of how Google serves as a gatekeeper of the Internet, making cultural decisions in the name of technological elegance.
If a Monkey Takes a Photograph, Who Has The Copyright?
Monkey Copyright… of all the juxtapositions of words; I never thought I’d be entering that particular two word combination into Google. This particular search combo was prompted by (what else) a selection of updates in my twitter feed about a […]
Interview with Thomson Reuters: InCites Platform Offers New Analytics and Transparency
Thomson Reuters launched a new platform called InCites last week. The platform combines Journal Citation Reports with the Essential Science Indicators. In this Q&A, Patricia Brennan from Thomson Reuters describes the new platform and new additions that answer concerns from critics.
Libraries and Kindle Unlimited
Could a Kindle Unlimited subscription replace your local library? What can scholarly publishers learn from Amazon’s tactics here?
US Department of Energy Announces Public Access Plan
On February 22, 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum on, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research.” Today marks the first release of a funding agency’s plans to fulfill […]
Back to the Future with EPIC: The Evolving Personalized Information Construct
In 2004, two journalists imagined the impact of social participation would have on the news media.
Ask The Chefs: "When Do We Stop Printing?"
We ask our authors to gaze into their crystal balls regarding the future of print.
Stick To Your Ribs: The Impact Factor’s Greatest Hits (and Misses)
Yesterday saw the release of the 2013 Impact Factors for scholarly journals. We present a look back at some favorite posts examining the Impact Factor.
The Quest for the Perfect Vendor
There is no comprehensive solutions provider for academic book publishers today. The emergence of such a vendor could transform the academic book publishing world by inviting new entrants into the marketplace.
The Authors Guild Loses (Again), and HathiTrust Wins–But What Does It Mean?
The Authors Guild’s lawsuit against HathiTrust over the latter’s massive library of digitized print books has been dismissed by the Second Circuit Court. What does this mean for libraries, authors, and readers?
Technology and Digital Scholarship
An overview of new tools available, to help us consider how publishing may better incorporate technology in the context of a connected society.
Did He Just Say That?! The Perils of Video Recording the Conference Presentation
Science journalist, John Bohannon, castigates publishers as corrupt, scientists as furious, and journalists as the fix. Or did he?