The Experience of Good Metadata: Linking Metadata to Research Impacts
What do we really know about the linkages between good metadata and positive, productive user experiences with scholarly journals?
Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI: An Interview with Darrell Gunter
Today we feature an interview with Darrell W. Gunter, the editor of a new book on Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI.
Revisiting: When is a Preprint Server Not a Preprint Server?
Revisiting a 2017 post that asks, “When does a preprint become a publication?”
Revisiting — The Google Generation Is Alright
How much has changed in a dozen years? Lettie Conrad looks back at Ann Michael’s post from the 2009 SSP Annual Meeting, “Publishing for the Google Generation”.
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.
Security, Safety, SeamlessAccess
The team behind SeamlessAccess discuss why identity federation promotes security and privacy despite coordinated attacks on access systems
Guest Post — “Leave the Party While You’re Having Fun”: An Interview with Suzanne BeDell upon her Retirement
Simon Holt interviews Suzanne BeDell, Managing Director of Elsevier’s Education and Reference content, which encompasses Elsevier’s books business, upon her retirement.
Guest Post — Space and Grace in Open Access Publishing
We should strive for open but also be realistic about the options truly available to researchers and discuss them transparently and honestly.
Experiences Behind the Data: Making Human Sense of Pandemic Usage Reports
As publishers and librarians draw conclusions from the last year of usage data, we must look to qualitative analysis to round out the picture of the human conditions behind the quantitative trends.
Revisiting: The Problem with Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
Today we revisit Geraldine Cochran’s 2018 post, which offers a chance to understand the differences between the words “diversity”, “inclusion”, and “equity”, and how that understanding can make our efforts toward progress more effective.
Guest Post — Library Vendor Platforms Need a Strategic Reboot to Meet Librarian Curriculum Development Needs
David Parker looks at platform strategy for supporting learning and curriculum development.
Guest Post — A Model for Peer-to-Peer Workplace Learning
Gabe Harp discusses MIT Press’ “Skill Exchange”, a peer to peer program to foster learning and professional development.
Reuse Rights: Disney’s History of Recycling Animation
A historical look at Disney’s reuse of its own content.
Guest Post – Scientific Output in the Year of COVID, An Update
An update and a correction for an earlier post on research publication growth in 2020.
Guest Post — Unethical Practices in Research and Publishing: Evidence from Russia
Anna Abalkina discusses evidence of widespread academic misconduct in Russia.