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Archives: Reading

Revisiting: Dear Reader, Are You Reading?

What does it actually mean to read digitally? Revisiting a 2018 post in light of the ongoing, pandemic-fueled drive to digital.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jun 9, 2021
  • 4 Comments

TL;DR (That is, Too Long; Didn’t Read)

Do I really have to read all of that essay or monograph? Can’t artificial intelligence do the heavy lifting for me?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Dec 5, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Past, Present and Future: The Book (of Hours)

A centuries old genre of publication — can it inspire tomorrow’s book?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Dec 23, 2015
  • 1 Comment

Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2014 Part 2

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year. Today brings Part 2 of the list.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 5, 2014
  • 12 Comments

Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2014 Part 1

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year. Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 4, 2014
  • 1 Comment

Are Scientists Reading Less? Apparently, Scientists Didn't Read This Paper

When novel, newsworthy results are discovered to be wrong, is that still news?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Feb 7, 2014
  • 15 Comments

Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Carol Tenopir on Time, Value, and Trust in Scholarly Communication

A conversation with information scientist Carol Tenopir.

  • By Stewart Wills
  • Sep 4, 2013
  • 3 Comments

iAnnotate — Whatever Happened to the Web as an Annotation System?

A meeting about annotation services and software shows how new tools may be on the horizon, and reminds us that our audiences are likely to be the heaviest users once these emerge.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Apr 30, 2013
  • 17 Comments

Book Review — "Academic and Professional Publishing"

A new book for scholarly publishers updates a classic, and shows just how diverse, interesting, and promising scholarly publishing has become.

  • By Judy Luther
  • Mar 18, 2013
  • 8 Comments

Rediscovering Stephen King — Two Thousand Pages of Exhilaration

Rediscovering the master of suspense and a superb writer again brings immersive joy to this reader.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 1, 2013
  • 13 Comments

The 2012 Tools of Change Keynote — LeVar Burton Uses the Two Most Important Words

LeVar Burton’s keynote from Tools of Change is amusing, interesting, and inspiring.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 30, 2012
  • 3 Comments

Speed and Retention — Are e-Readers Slower and More Forgetful?

E-readers seem to slow information accession and fog retention. Should we worry as the era of “big paper” begins its final stages?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 21, 2012
  • 30 Comments

Dyslexie — A New Typeface Cleverly Designed to Help Dyslexics Read

The alphabet, as redesigned to help dyslexics achieve lower reading error-rates than their non-dyslexic counterparts.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 15, 2011
  • 6 Comments

Measuring Reading Speed on E-Readers Teaches Us That Speed Isn’t Usability

A Nielsen usability study confuses speed with usability, raising many questions in so doing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 13, 2010
  • 11 Comments

Applications: The Future of Science Communication?

“Building apps is not all unicorns and rainbows.” Publishers should take a practical, iterative, and collaborative approach to delivering content.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 3, 2010
  • 1 Comment
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