[…] a neutral non-publisher non-content provider in the scholarly communications ecosystem. At the same time, it is building out a research workflow toolset in ways that are not dissimilar from many parts of the portfolio that Digital Science (half-sibling of Springer […]
[…] by colleagues. From these starting points, users move from system to system among an array of resource providers and research workflow tools. They are essentially starting from anywhere and going to anywhere in their journey to access the most relevant […]
[…] Recognize that authentication will affect not only discovery and access to content resources but also other parts of the research workflow, where just a few companies are consolidating major new businesses. Monitor the overall landscape of available and in-development options […]
[…] publishing the work of our authors? As Toby Green recently points out in Learned Publishing, most green and gold OA workflows require changes to standard practice for every stakeholder along the chain, including publishers and librarians. While innovation often requires […]
[…] uptake. Tim Vines, its founder and chief operating officer, cited several reasons for the lack Axios’s success: price sensitivity, entrenched workflows, and the culture of conducting in-house peer review. The last surviving portable peer review service in this market is […]
[…] work, a number of them funded by the Mellon Foundation, are underway. These new platforms will bring with them revised workflows. How might they affect the process of peer review? I put this question to four people currently working on […]
[…] would be customer centricity. That is, the ability to really listen to what frustrates customers and find creative solutions, replace legacy workflows or even abandon traditional value propositions in favor of new, better-targeted ones that suit 21st century needs. David Smith: Recently […]
[…] two halves are recombining with other tools and services. In this transformation, we need to understand reference as infrastructure and workflow as much as publication. “Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia”, 1905, Charles M. Russell (1864–1926). Amon Carter Museum […]
[…] a collection of copyrights; a network of authors, reviewers, and distributors; a virtual print supply chain; and a series of workflows that begin with the original manuscript and end with the purchase of a book. If there is a partnership […]
[…] to the mainstream press. However, these techniques are new tricks for many publishers to integrate into legacy marketing and content workflows. We are under pressure to master new tools, new partnerships, and new information channels to push publications beyond the […]
[…] we don’t. Who is underwriting Sci-Hub? The tip jar on the site isn’t paying for the hosting, the development, the workflows. If we take the leadership at its word, Sci-Hub is “legitimately” attempting to make information available to researchers everywhere, […]
[…] you have any other new features in the pipeline for Unearth or any of your other products? Yes, we’re exploring workflows for journal publishers enabling the ingestion of preprints which will help direct articles accurately and efficiently to the right journals and […]
[…] Other important elements in this segment are validation tools, plagiarism detection, image manipulation detection, statistical validation, quality control automation, digital workflow optimization, data curation, metadata creation for all outputs. There is also an opportunity here to “relaunch the ball” via […]
[…] joined up across librarians, faculty, publishers, and everyone in between, all focused on putting digital books directly into the student workflow, with clear direction and training. In fact, Hill concludes that much of what makes ebooks successful on campus is […]
[…] their mandate came into force. There are clearly still some issues around the use of ORCID iDs in journal publishing workflows that need improvement. These include managing duplicate records, addressing author confusion about Crossref, and verifying affiliations. We also need […]