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.
How Important Are University Press Books to the Library? One Case Study
How much of the book usage in a research library collection involves books from university presses? Findings from this case study suggests that the answers are complex and, to some degree, suprising.
Your Question for the Day — What Is “Peer Review”?
A recent “Slate” article shows what can go wrong when we talk about “peer review” as if we all share a common definition about an unchanging phenomenon.
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?
The 1% of Scientific Outputs — A Story of Strawmen, Sensationalism, and Scopus
A paper claiming to have identified “the 1%” in productive published researchers may suffer from problems with disambiguation, timing, and scope.
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?
Stories of Tech Failure: The PicturePhone
A fascinating look at a failed technology from 1964, and what it might have become.
NISO Vets Research on Altmetrics
NISO has released the results of their year long study of Altmetrics in draft form for comment.
Implementing CHORUS: Big Decisions Loom for Publishers
While US federal agencies are preparing guidelines for making papers that result from federal funding publicly available, publishers should be discussing their response and how to implement the mandates.