[…] is simply mind-boggling to think that a half-dozen commercial firms did not beat PLoS to the punch with an author-pays open access service; they even had the model of BioMed Central to learn from. When publishers go to the tenure committee […]
[…] retractions, Adam said yes right away. We figured we’d tell the stories behind retractions, and how they were handled, to open a window on the scientific process, particularly how transparent and self-correcting it really was. We launched two years ago, […]
[…] library, hire a librarian and see what was necessary to make it suitable for operation. Prescott College was very “ open” for that era and the students had been able to access the library any time of day or night […]
[…] countries, online advertising, multimedia integration, mobile sites, rapid publication practices, interjournal linking, semantics, SEO, analytics, email, e-readers, apps, product proliferation, open access, interactive learning, social media, and many other large and small opportunities and environmental shifts, the overall culture has shifted […]
[…] Certainly, it’s to be expected that some things might work there which might not work elsewhere. With the resurgence of open access (OA) debates this past year, and with the technophiles following on their heels, I continue to see lumpers trying […]
[…] as well, and they don’t charge you $69.95 a year (or $1,400 for the print, if you act quickly) for access. Most of our information queries aren’t terribly authority-sensitive—we often have little need of the assurance that the Britannica is […]
[…] you reading this from the US will maybe have more time to react, but how much time is very much open to question. If you are smart, you’ve already done a lot of scenario planning and maybe you have a […]
[…] realm of computer interfaces is unparalleled. Minor accomplishments emerging from Jobs’ projects are almost too many to list (the double-click open, typography, layered folders, rounded edges to menus, the trash can, etc.), yet they’re clearly overshadowed by two major human:computer […]
[…] might ask whether an Aaron Swartz-style hacktivist will take control of your work away from you in the name of open access. These are not silly concerns, nor do they necessarily arise solely from a desire to preserve revenue streams. (“Plenty […]
[…] is simply mind-boggling to think that a half-dozen commercial firms did not beat PLoS to the punch with an author-pays open access service; they even had the model of BioMed Central to learn from. When publishers go to the tenure committee […]
[…] presses, and the supply chain (e.g., library wholesalers). We will prepare a written report, which will be posted online in open access form. Along the way we can use the help of those working in scholarly communications. We would like to […]
[…] play into the hands of the larger publishers as they have resources for business development (that is, personnel equipped to open up new markets) that smaller organizations can only dream of. This situation is even starker in the book business, […]
[…] to protect both the content and the context. As scholarly communications begins to move into new areas — into author-pays open access repositories, into linked data, into ebooks with embedded video, into short-form works — the argument for thinking of each […]
[…] publishers’ brands have little or no value, then publishers can be disintermediated. An author can deposit an article into an open access repository and then let Google do the marketing; a book author can work directly with Amazon and collect royalties […]
[…] when you begin to write anything in which Jane Austen will be cited, it is irresistible to quote the famous opening line of “Pride and Prejudice.” It’s a great line from a great book, one not only studied by literary […]