[…] manuscripts and to reduce the time to publication are accelerating. While publishers have continued to make progress in streamlining their workflows, remaining processes that are a legacy from the print era will be under pressure to change. Authors and readers […]
[…] The COPIM project currently underway in the UK has already provided some fascinating reflections on these issues of hierarchy, discipline, workflow, ownership and, indeed, money. COPIM has received funding from Research England and the Arcadia Fund of £3m, by UK […]
[…] for research societies that have lost their other earning channels. It’s hard to justify investing heavily in new technologies and workflows when you’re struggling to keep the lights on. One result that I expect to see accelerating is the further […]
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is by Bruce Rosenblum. Bruce is the Vice President of Content and Workflow Solutions at Atypon Systems, and the 2020 NISO Fellow. He was formerly CEO at Inera, which was acquired by Atypon in 2019. The […]
[…] to provide content to users — e.g., interlibrary loan and document delivery; however, they all increase friction in the user workflow and cause delay in information access. The cost of these alternative mechanisms is a consideration but so is the […]
[…] knowledge needed to introduce societal change but also seek publishers’ help in better understanding content, educating academic communities about publishing workflows, and supporting libraries in community engagement work. Conclusion This first set of ideas and calls to action is just […]
[…] of safe harbor? Is the pivot that some companies have made towards tapping budgets from the research enterprise, especially for workflow and analytics tools, another area of comparative growth? And, in the drastic pivot to online learning this spring, certain […]
[…] Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, social media and sharing online learning with each other have been part of my daily workflow for a long time. Working at home during this pandemic is, of course, a bit different. The normal things […]
[…] process months before we knew if S2O would be successful.” Though Gallagher said that Annual Reviews looks to develop a workflow that includes copyright retention, by having the copyright transferred during the pilot, Annual Reviews “can quickly alter the license […]
[…] and scientific value of the research papers. It is exactly what the peer review process does in the journal publishing workflow. For aspiring academic publishers, either Chinese or international, providing good quality peer review services is always the best strategy […]
[…] takes to effectively support today’s scientists and scholars is not terribly complicated. Very often, we do not need to cut workflows and publishing routines from whole cloth, there are numerous guidelines and standards readily available. In particular, when it comes […]
[…] organized with both my time and my activities, to be proactive at introducing myself to people, and to develop efficient workflows that mean I can complete tasks without getting bogged down in the things that take me more time. Anonymous: […]
[…] as well. Alternatively, funders without APC payment programs may find such a request to be so incompatible with their granting workflows as to be a non-starter or may have already determined that allocating their resources to supporting open access publishing […]
[…] But then came the problem… No extra money. A big wish list of exciting ideas requiring infrastructure and processes and workflows. But the same pot of cash. So I asked what would need to be given up in order to […]
[…] startups will move elsewhere, and the technological innovation, new metrics and tools will move to different stages of the research workflow. It certainly fits with the current business strategies of the largest commercial publishers. That may not be an insurmountable […]