Will the next generation of professions be impressed with the content platforms and workflow tools we currently have? Angela Cochran imagines a world where we meet the challenge of modernized systems.
Model licenses simplified library licenses in the 2000s. The same approach can streamline licensing scholarly content for AI training today.
“Rights reservation language, whether in plain English, included in terms, or coded into, e.g., metadata, is “machine readable.” It is a choice by an AI developer to not read “human readable” rights reservation language.”
Inclusive publishing and design practices should be the status quo and not an afterthought.
Publishers should support scholarly authors by requiring license deals with AI developers include attribution in their outputs.
In a world full of natural and man-made shocks and stresses, we need to be resilient against those affecting the academic publishing ecosystem.
Mindful of ecological factors, decision-making regarding print production shifts, balancing innovation with pragmatism.
With a new public access memo and federal agency policies due, Angela Cochran revisits her 2013 post exploring what Federally Funded means.
It is essential to address the hidden costs of retraction and to discuss who needs to bear this cost.
Today we offer a double-post, with a proposal and a response concerning how we frame our efforts toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as a community.
What can we do to encourage and improve methods reporting in scientific articles? A new report summarizes recommendations for editors and publishers alike.
Do publishers really understand what tools researchers are using and how they are using them? Can we do more to create better policies based on real use cases and not hypothetical conjecture about what AI might do in the future?
Moving from a binary right/wrong view of metadata to a probabilistic framework brings many benefits
Even a flawed paper can offer lessons on how (not) to report, and what (not) to claim.
Think you’re pretty handy with Excel? Wait until you see the world of professional spreadsheet competitors.