MLIS: Metadata Librarians In Scholarly publishing

[…] is the Metadata Associate at the MIT Press (MITP), where she assists with developing, implementing, and maintaining metadata standards and workflows to help the Press become a more metadata-informed publisher. ML(I)S traditionally stands for “Master of Library (and Information) Science”, […]

Guest Post: Time to Check Out of the Hybrid Hotel?

[…] and the Royal Society of Chemistry indicates growing interest from North American libraries. Managed effectively, offsetting deals can simplify the workflow for authors and remove the need to operate complex APC payment processes. However, this relies on the presence of […]

The Varieties of Lock-in in Scholarly Communications

[…] find here; also look at Roger’s longer post on the Ithaka S+R site, which addresses some of the policy issues concerning workflow in the academy. Reading through the comments on Roger’s Kitchen post, though, leaves one with the impression that many people […]

Why Elsevier is a Library’s Best Friend

[…] services that go with it. It is simply remarkable how much libraries accomplish nowadays because of their intelligent focus on workflow planning. But if you were to add 2,500 individual publishers to the mix, libraries would lose their internal efficiencies […]