[…] squaring off against one another. Publons can no longer be seen as a neutral third party service in the data/ workflow sphere. The two most common suggestions one hears from researchers are that either 1) peer review should be explicitly […]
[…] mission-critical services? How will libraries cope with “Big Deals” growing even bigger and reaching into every aspect of the research workflow? Join us for a conversation on the future of independence. Angela Cochran will moderate the discussion, and panelists will […]
[…] these tools, and have them invite the people the tools suggest. I think this can be achieved with a minor workflow change. Instead of providing Editors with the online equivalent of a blank sheet of paper, they could be presented […]
[…] have revolved around bottlenecks faced by researchers seeking to access existing knowledge — what I have called “Friction in the workflow” in a talk at APE and in a recent article — but there is still work to do on […]
[…] with existing systems. New platforms that increase the administrative burden of university and hospital information professionals will not work. Any workflow inputs, outputs, and link-outs have to work with current systems and platforms. Incorporation of pre- and post-publication services. Pre-publication […]
[…] 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 […]