[…] that students with disabilities can access works that they need for courses and research at the same time as their peers. For other categories of web content, like digitized special collections, libraries must prioritize remediation. ARL published these helpful guidelines […]
[…] and misleading. (At least this is true of legitimate scholarly publishers; there are deceptive publishers that claim to produce legitimate peer–reviewed scholarship, but will in fact publish anything submitted, scholarly or truthful or not, as long as the author pays […]
[…] three-tier classification system of level (i.e. director, supervisor, manager), functional area ( i.e. marketing, operations, production) and focus (i.e. journals, peer review, books) to describe a position. The majority of respondents hold positions at the managerial level (director, manager, or C-suite). […]
[…] rewrite existing resources, watching critical research become obstructed by unrelenting threats to funding, or an oppressive mandate requiring all scientific peer–reviewed manuscripts to be taken offline for additional, non-scientific scrutiny —particularly targeting gender-related language – these challenges are increasingly impossible […]
[…] of knowledge. As things currently stand, grossly inaccurate misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation are freely available online, but credible, authoritative and peer–reviewed scientific advances are guarded by paywalls.” The transparency of open science is viewed as key to restoring this trust. […]
[…] Library leaders who have led mergers report feeling isolated, with little published guidance or research to consult and few knowledgeable peers to offer support. Similarly, many vendors lack consistent and comprehensive processes to support customers who are undergoing a merger. […]
[…] for work. I asked them to pretend that we don’t have to worry about predatory publishing or paper mills or peer review rings. I used that speech as a reminder that we do not live in the luxury of make-believe and […]
[…] and Technical Editors, and others) is to recognize and promote the value of their work. Editors and editorial staff are peers, both tasked with advancing the scholarly communication enterprise, and they should be treated as such. If you are experiencing […]
[…] ways. For example, in addition to traditional outright purchase and subscription models, institutions may also be paying transactional fees (APCs, peer review fees, etc.), participating in collaborative funding models (such as Subscribe to Open and the like), and signing bundled agreements […]
[…] things like metadata or persistent identifiers, however, we develop our own unique approaches to the art and science of publishing. Peer review workflows vary, journal platforms are not identical, and ebooks can vary in form and function. Why is that? Ultimately, […]
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[…] foundation are visible, while others are less so. A great deal of time and effort is spent in the vetting, peer review, and citation practices that are used to buttress the trustworthiness of an argument in a paper or monograph. Ideally, […]
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[…] uselessness of AI, but this is the fallacy of hasty generalization. AI will be useful for some part of the peer review and publication process, and for some parts of the community, and it’s our responsibility as stakeholders to bring the […]