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Guest Post — Making Research Accessible: The arXiv Accessibility Forum Moved the Action Upstream

Shamsi Brinn (UX Manager at arXiv) and Bill Kasdorf (Principal of Kasdorf & Associates, LLC) discuss the recent Accessibility Forum hosted by arXiv. Over 2,000 people registered for the Forum; over 350 attended the live event; and hundreds more are accessing the recently published videos.

  • By Shamsi Brinn, Bill Kasdorf
  • Jun 28, 2023
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Where Does Enhancement End and Citation Begin?

As more publishers semantically enrich documents, Todd Carpenter considers whether links are the same as citations

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 6, 2021
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The Evolution of Digital Publishing and its Formats

A video detailing the evolution of digital publishing, and the enduring popularity of the PDF.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Dec 6, 2013
  • 17 Comments

The Web-scale University Press

This is an essay on what it would mean to create a university press that operates at Web scale. It speculates about what such an endeavor would look like and probes some aspects of the financial model.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Nov 7, 2013
  • 16 Comments

A Matter of Perspective — Elsevier Acquires Mendeley . . . or, Mendeley Sells Itself to Elsevier

Elsevier acquires Mendeley, changing the game significantly, perhaps for most of us.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 8, 2013
  • 35 Comments

A Call for Simplified Tablet Publishing — "The Subcompact Manifesto"

A manifesto urges publishers to make simple, functional, and practical tablet editions, and to avoid the tendency for bloat.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 13, 2012
  • 10 Comments

What PubMed Central's Drag on Publisher Traffic Could Mean Financially

When you think through all the effects stealing traffic has on online publishing businesses, PubMed Central’s competitive presence looms large — whether you sell subscriptions, ads, or APCs.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 12, 2012
  • 13 Comments

How Did They Get My Email Address? The Accidental and Plentiful Supply of Academic and Scientific Contacts

The open nature of email addresses on journal sites may be feeding the email harvesting machine for academic emails. Worse, it may also be exposing these for potentially fraudulent activity.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 29, 2012
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