[…] There is indeed, I think, something sacred about making documents permanently available; however, there’s nothing whatsoever sacred about any particular workflow or technology we use in pursuit of that goal. Confusing the sacredness of ends with the sacredness of means […]
[…] within Macmillan, it could be more effective for Macmillan to incubate new start-up ventures that serve the scientific research publishing workflow. Timo’s job was to make this happen. Amusingly, before launch in 2010, the business was not named Digital Science. […]
[…] describe the requirements for a successful publishing program, including choice of platform, search engine optimization and the development of lightweight workflows. The ARL report noted that at that time, librarian publishing was still in its early stages, describing the field […]
[…] the documentation needed by students, scholars and perhaps most importantly other curators. The NGA platform is aimed at satisfying the workflow requirements of that set of users in a cultural heritage environment. In the workspace on-screen, the user can view […]
[…] their stakeholders understand how to navigate and find content, enhance faculty’s ability to do their work by integrating information into workflows, teaching, mentoring and encouraging students to discover a world of scholarship that might otherwise appear daunting. In other words, […]
[…] or, in some cases, providing deposit services on behalf of authors. Requires setup and monitoring of related production systems and workflows, and ongoing management, as well as occasional interventions when things go off the rails. Expense: $-$$. Difficulty: Easy to […]
[…] awash in it and has undertaken many efforts to better manage it and better incorporate it into the scientific publication workflow. Data analysis and process management in business have similarly been in use for decades, and the incorporation of sensors […]
[…] may be the actual user of the product/service? Or is the customer a broader population of researchers whose common disciplinary workflow represents the opportunity for product development and expansion? It doesn’t do to engineer the perfect product, only to be […]
[…] have kept classic and next gen products as we transition functionality to the new environments. Many of our customers have workflows built around our existing products so, we will be providing both versions of the JCR on InCites and the […]
[…] offering, and even the most polished provider of textbook-as-interactive game may seek efficiencies through automated interfaces and a crisply designed workflow. What I have yet to hear from any of these new and proposed offerings is an accurate description of […]
[…] tools from these start-ups are starting to roll out, such as reputation management, annotation, data management, author services, and scholarly workflow tools. These are getting snapped up by other companies and it likely was difficult to be ahead of the […]
[…] nothing much has changed since then (OA may now be mainstream, but it has had no real impact on this workflow) and, I suspect, nothing much is going to change any time soon. What’s more, it’s not an issue that […]
[…] into silos . . . all answering to different bosses and rarely collaborating. “Aspirations have outpaced our technology, templates, and workflow.” Because our digital competitors adapt faster to changing technology and trends, their lesser journalism often gets more traction than […]
[…] Consideration will need to be made about how publishers and editors will incorporate this new taxonomy in their existing publisher workflows. Finally, the practical questions of who will assign contributor roles in the submission process will need to be worked […]
[…] simmering issue and more of a burning one. This year’s UKSG included an excellent panel discussion on Trust, Impacts, and Workflows, including a presentation from Carol Tenopir and David Nicholas on their recent survey on trust in scholarly communications, also […]