A recent statement by the American Historical Association is generating heated debate about the rights and best interests of junior scholars, the market dynamics for scholarly monographs, and the competing needs of publishers, libraries, authors, and readers.
Apple colluded with publishers to set prices on books, but the Department of Justice seems not to have noticed the growing market position of Amazon. At what point does a company that trades in cultural products become too big a piece of public discourse?
Google wins an appeal on class status for the Authors Guild lawsuit. This decision may have far-reaching effects on the case and fair use principles.
An expert on the semantic Web, structured markup, and the emerging area of research data services talks about the current state of play.
SIPX aims to simplify digital rights management for end users – faculty and students – while at the same time making life easier for the publishers and purchasers of the content
The marginal cost of content may not always be zero as changes in telecommunications strategy and practices affect the cost of bandwidth for producers. Publishing services based on free content may be challenged by this.
An advocate for alternative metrics for article impact takes stock of where they are now, and where they’re going.
The residents of 2068 look back at The Internet, one of the greatest disasters to befall mankind.
The question addressed here is not whether we in the academy should “take back publishing” from the commercial scholarly publishers, but rather what the options for doing so might be, and whether any of those options seems feasible at the moment.
Three academic groups have jointly floated a draft proposal in response to the US Government’s OSTP Public Access mandate memo.
The Wu-Tang’s GZA Teaches Kids Science With Least-Lame Classroom Rap Ever.
Lars Bjørnshauge talks about where the DOAJ is going.
In this episode, Scholarly Kitchen Chef David Smith, Head of Innovation with CABI’s Plantwise initiative, talks with podcast host Stewart Wills about some of the recent news from Google’s annual I/O conference — including thoughts on Google Glass as a […]
Lessons learned from Mike Walsh’s keynote speech at the Special Libraries Association Meeting.
Here is how CHORUS works, in its simplest form.