[…] continue to place barriers in the way of an equitable research communication ecosystem. Embedding waiver eligibility criteria into the publishing workflow should be the next aim, with initiatives such as the Open Access Switchboard and others offering a potential solution. […]
[…] cancellations / renegotiations as libraries cope with seismic budget cuts. The pandemic will have completely disrupted researchers’ normal workload and workflows. They will be so busy reinventing how they research and teach, and coping with, e.g., homeschooling, that they won’t […]
[…] the right time Skilltype is a marketplace for training content. It brings together materials from different providers, and designs “reskilling workflows” for information professionals and their teams. It came into existence because “the demand for new skills in the information […]
[…] breath. As a result, I’ve resolved that this year for me will deliberately be about slowing down. While every editorial workflow change that I helped to develop and implement was necessary, the time has come to reflect and assess– to […]
[…] I work at the MIT Press, where I focus primarily on digital books and journals, but I also enjoy fine-tuning workflows, steering an OKR (Objectives and Key Results) rollout, working with amazing colleagues, and engaging in the broader challenges around […]
[…] no one else. Enrich your video with metadata, abstracts, DOIs, ISBNs, ORCID IDs, MARC records, captions, transcripts, translations. Streamline your workflows. Adapt your existing tools to incorporate video, or invest in new ones. Work on your metadata models like you […]
[…] provide. Please tell us a little bit about the model you have been developing for integrating preprints into the publishing workflow and some of the benefits you are seeing as a result. RB: The Research Square preprint platform was launched […]
[…] 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 […]