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Guest Post – Cybersecurity and Academic Libraries: Findings from a Recent Survey

Susie Winter reviews recent data on cybersecurity for academic libraries, as well as a survey of awareness and attitudes toward best practices among librarians.

  • By Susie Winter
  • Mar 21, 2022
  • 5 Comments

Happy Birthday to the eBook!

On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jul 13, 2021
  • 1 Comment

Stage Two Disruption in Scholarly Communications

Popular opinion to the contrary, scholarly publishing has not been disrupted. But only superior management can navigate the many challenges ahead.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Feb 5, 2018
  • 1 Comment

Loaded Dice — The New Research Conundrums Posed by Mechanical Turk

The use of Mechanical Turk in research may generate misleading data and false information. Do we need to guard against such mechanical methodologies?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 20, 2015
  • 4 Comments

How Might Scholarly Communication Benefit from Net Neutrality?

Because so much of scholarly communication takes place via the internet, this week’s announcement by Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Tom Wheeler in support of Net Neutrality and regulation of the internet should be viewed as a positive thing for our community.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Feb 9, 2015
  • 4 Comments

The New Cluetrain — A Barometer for What Has Changed in the Last 15 Years

Fifteen years later, the authors of the “Cluetrain Manifesto” attempt a relevant update, with 112 new “clues.” Yet, they miss the biggest clue of all — the Internet is no longer sacred and its users know it.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 13, 2015
  • 1 Comment

Amazon Won the dot-book Top-level Internet Domain: Should Publishers Care?

Last week, Amazon won an auction for the .book Top Level Domain on the internet, paying $10 million for the new real estate. Was it worth it? And should publishers be worried about what this means for them?

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Nov 19, 2014
  • 2 Comments

The Internet: A Warning From History

The residents of 2068 look back at The Internet, one of the greatest disasters to befall mankind.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 28, 2013
  • 3 Comments

The Internet Can Be Touched — The Physicality of Cyberspace

The Internet was built and is being built. This fascinating little video shows the unique characteristics of this construction project, including why some big buildings are so important to its existence.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 12, 2011
  • 3 Comments

Is the Internet Bad for Our Brains? The Answer Is Subtle and Complex, But Quite Reassuring

More proof that Google isn’t making us “stooopid” — rather, we’re just being human, and that’s OK.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 6, 2011
  • 24 Comments

Report: The Internet Creates Jobs, Drives Growth, Improves Standards of Living

A new study reveals the power of the Internet in 13 key economies, and hints that we’re just at the beginning.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 27, 2011
  • 2 Comments

We Are All Cyborgs Now — The Humans At the Center of Technology

Extending our mental lives and creating communication wormholes — in addition to carrying more than we ever thought we could — is all the result of becoming cyborgs.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 12, 2011
  • 1 Comment

Sounding the Revolution

How do we gain a better vantage amidst the dust and din of an ongoing information revolution the likes of which the world has never seen before?

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Sep 9, 2010
  • 11 Comments

Access: Revolution or Evolution?

Is open access to science best described as an evolution or revolution?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Mar 26, 2009
  • 2 Comments

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