The End of the iPod
This week marks the end of an era, as the iPod is officially discontinued.
Guest Post — What Do Library-Publisher Relations Look Like in 2022?
The AUPresses Library Relations Committee asks Peter Berkery and Mary Lee Kennedy to share their thoughts about how relations between publishers and libraries have changed.
Q: Can You Revoke a Creative Commons License? A: No. Er… Sort Of? Maybe?
A Creative Commons license is irrevocable; it says so right in the license. But it also says you can change your mind and distribute the work differently, or not at all. What does this mean?
Is Infrastructure Consolidation the Next Step? CCC Acquires Ringgold
In the light of CCCs acquisition of Ringgold last week, three Chefs, Phill Jones, Roger Schonfeld, and Todd Carpenter reflect on the motivations for the move and its implications for PIDs and organisational identifiers.
Weaponizing the Research Community
The research community is increasingly caught up in geopolitical events and strategies.
The New STM Integrity Hub
Interview with Joris van Rossum and Hylke Koers about the new STM Integrity Hub service launch and its potential future developments.
A Reorganization at Elsevier
Today, Judy Verses starts as Elsevier’s President for Academic and Government, completing CEO Kumsal Bayazit’s market-based leadership structure for platform-driven corporate strategy.
Humanities and Graduate Education: The Crisis is Real, but Not New
A new study offers — surprise — mostly bad news about the state of Humanities graduate education. Even while we know how important humanistic perspectives are for, well, humanity.
Making Research a Global Enterprise
Haseeb Irfanullah reflects on the recent Scholarly Kitchen webinar discussing the future of research as a global exercise.
Elsevier to Acquire Interfolio
Elsevier intends to acquire Interfolio, the provider of researcher career management services. This deal could offer a lift to Elsevier in its competition with the new Clarivate — if Elsevier can integrate Interfolio effectively.
Pakistan’s Camel-based Library
Meet Raheema Jalal and Roshan the camel, bringing books to children in rural Pakistan.
Guest Post — Results of the 2022 Survey on Travel, Events, and Return to Office Plans
A look at the results from the SSP’s survey on travel, returning to the office, and attending in-person events.
Guest Post — Event Streaming Start-Ups: A Strategic Overview and Taxonomy
The value of streaming video as a genre of scholarly communication is just being established. Today, Danielle Cooper and Dylan Ruediger profile the leading start-ups in this space.
Indigenous Knowledge and Research Infrastructure: An Interview with Katharina Ruckstuhl
Today’s interview, with Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl of the University of Otago, looks at why and how we should implement research infrastructure processes that support Indigenous knowledge.
Unreachable/ Unwritable Histories: Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe
First in a series on histories made difficult or impossible though war or climate disasters, this post features two historians of Russia and Eastern Europe.