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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations — Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Five pending cases may set new ground rules for use of training materials for AI. Here is what to watch.

  • By Roy Kaufman
  • Mar 7, 2023
  • 4 Comments

Thinking About ChatGPT and the Future — Where Are We On AI’s Development Curve?

A compilation of links and a video to incisive analyses of ChatGPT and what it means for the future.

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 17, 2023
  • 2 Comments

Thoughts on AI’s Impact on Scholarly Communications? An Interview with ChatGPT

An interview with ChatGPT on issues related to scholarly communication.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jan 11, 2023
  • 14 Comments

Does Scholarly Publishing Have an Innovation Problem?

Is there an entrenched stasis in scholarly communication in which the core elements of the system have not been much moved by the revolutions happening around us?

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Nov 2, 2022
  • 10 Comments

Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing

This substantive work from John B. Thompson provides a historical overview and analysis of technological and legal challenges to publishing practices in the 21st century.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Jul 20, 2021
  • 0 Comments

Digital Transformation Requires Cultural Evolution

Turns out, digital transformation is actually more human than technical. Learn more in these case studies from Emerald and De Gruyter.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Jul 14, 2021
  • 6 Comments

Happy Birthday to the eBook!

On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jul 13, 2021
  • 1 Comment

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.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 7 Comments

Revisiting The Great Acceleration: A Technology Perspective

A reflection on the increasing rate of change in the technology space, enabled by the commoditization of compute capability and what the implications are for the world of scholarly publishing

  • By David Smith
  • Dec 19, 2019
  • 6 Comments

TL;DR (That is, Too Long; Didn’t Read)

Do I really have to read all of that essay or monograph? Can’t artificial intelligence do the heavy lifting for me?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Dec 5, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Questioning Our Assumptions in Publishing Innovations: Inspiration from the Story of Indigital

Mikaela Jade and the Indigital app inspire us to question our privileged assumptions of “the user” in information design.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Nov 4, 2019
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — A Look at the User-Centric Future of Academic Research Software — And Why It Matters, Part 2: Implications

Part 2 — how will the rapidly evolving world of researcher software impact scholarly communications?

  • By Tyler Whitehouse, Isabel Thompson
  • Oct 8, 2019
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — A Look at the User-Centric Future of Academic Research Software — And Why It Matters, Part 1: Trends

Part 1 of a two-part look at the rapidly evolving research software space and how it is changing scholarly communication.

  • By Tyler Whitehouse
  • Oct 7, 2019
  • 2 Comments

Agile isn’t Always Cheaper, But it Should Mitigate Risk

A lot of people talk about Agile project management and how effective it can be. They also talk about how hard it is to get executive buy-in. The disconnect is caused by a lack of understanding of how Agile reduces risk.

  • By Phill Jones
  • Jul 8, 2019
  • 1 Comment

What is the Blockchain Really, and Should You Care? A Guide for the Perplexed Scholarly Publishing Citizen.

Here’s your 12 point guide to blockchain. Written for non-technically minded scholarly publishing folk

  • By David Smith
  • Jun 27, 2019
  • 13 Comments
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