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Revisiting — Building Pipes and Fixing Leaks: Demystifying and Decoding Scholarly Information Discovery & Interchange

A look back at Julie Zhu’s 2019 post that discusses publisher strategies and industry standards for tending to the “plumbing” of content discovery and access.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Julie Zhu
  • Jul 14, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Innovating the Science of Science: A report of the ICSSI meeting

A new conference explores ways research can turn the scientific method onto improving its own results.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jun 28, 2022
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Let the Metadata Wars Begin

Two giants in the library technology market move the battle over who controls library catalog records to court.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jun 22, 2022
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Ask The Chefs: It’s Travel Time Again!

Professional conferences, it’s been a while, but we’re ready for you – or are we? This week we ask the chefs what did you forgot while we were home for 2 years? What’s changed and how are you adjusting?

  • By Ann Michael, Lettie Y. Conrad, Haseeb Irfanullah, Todd A Carpenter, David Smith, Charlie Rapple, Angela Cochran, Judy Luther, David Crotty
  • Jun 14, 2022
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Marketing to the New Generation of Academic Influencers: Mobile First, SEO, Values-led Content and Initiatives

How can publishers ensure that our content and services are found and used by the growing number of Millennials and Generation Z researchers in academia?

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Jun 13, 2022
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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.

  • By Madelyn Stone
  • Apr 21, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post: A Decade of Open Data in Research — Real Change or Slow Moving Compliance?

Mark Hahnel looks at the progress that’s been made toward open research data — what’s been achieved, what still needs work, and what happens next?

  • By Mark Hahnel
  • Mar 30, 2022
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.

  • By Richard de Grijs
  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Google, Atypon, NIH, and Information Discovery’s AI-Fueled Future: Notes from a BioASQ Panel

A report from the 9th annual BioASQ workshop discussing the ongoing development and future of AI-based tools.

  • By Hong Zhou, Megan Prosser
  • Feb 7, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Information Experience Design: Holistic, Humanistic Solutions for Scholarly Products

For those in the business of information, it’s time to elevate our thinking from the transactional to the experiential. Information experience design (IXD) offers an inclusive, participatory approach that embraces the diversity of our user communities.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Feb 3, 2022
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Iterative Development, User-centered Design, and the Fear of Getting it Wrong in Publishing

User-centered design provides a model for improving services, but is the history of print holding publishers back?

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Feb 1, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Shifting Away from Yearly Accessibility Audits: How Can a Better System be Implemented?

Justin Alexander from ITHAKA discusses effective ways to continuously ensure that media meets accessibility requirements.

  • By Justin Alexander
  • Jan 20, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Elsevier’s ScienceDirect as Content Supercontinent? 

Does today’s news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar? 

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Jan 18, 2022
  • 20 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

SAGE’s Strategic Investments: An Interview with Martha Sedgwick

Today, Roger Schonfeld interviews Martha Sedgwick, SAGE’s vice president for Product Innovation, about its recent acquisitions and strategic directions.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Dec 20, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

A Copyediting Carol

A holiday ode to the comma, and knowing where it goes.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 10, 2021
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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