Found in a Library Book
The Oakland Public Library shows us what they’ve found.
Start-up Stories: Mindscape Commons — or, How VR is Helping Develop Medical Students’ Communication Skills
How virtual reality and immersive content is helping medical students gain insight into their patients’ experiences.
What Universities — and Libraries, Researchers, and Publishers? — Owe Democracy
Universities need democracy, and vice versa. An important book shows the 20th century history of that relationship in the United States, and offers a prescription for what we do now that both are imperiled.
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?
Ask the Chefs: Which Organizations Do You Volunteer For And Why?
Earlier this month we asked the community which organizations they volunteer for and why. Today it’s the Chefs’ turn!
The Ghost of Publishing Past: George Gissing’s “New Grub Street”
A lesson in publishing’s past is provided by George Gissing’s Victorian Era novel.
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?
Weaponizing the Research Community
The research community is increasingly caught up in geopolitical events and strategies.
Pakistan’s Camel-based Library
Meet Raheema Jalal and Roshan the camel, bringing books to children in rural Pakistan.
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.
A New Twist on a Publishing Scam: Ghost-authoring Book Reviews for Fun and Profit
In a new twist on academic fraud, a company now offers to pay you to write and publish book reviews that will be credited to someone else.
Revisiting: Historians in Historic Times
We are always living through history. For historians, though, the current moment is always a culmination. Revisiting a post from January 2021 in preparation for a series.
Revisiting: Why Aren’t There More Women at the Top in Scholarly Publishing?
Alice Meadows revisits a post from 2013 that looked at how the scholarly publishing field fares in terms of the number of women in leadership roles. Nine years later, has anything changed?
Libraries and the Contested Terrain of “Neutrality”
Are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.
The Future of Scholarly Societies: Interviews with Society Leaders (Part 1)
In this first of two posts, Robert Harington talks with several forward-thinking Society Executive Directors/CEOs, representing a range of fields, on the future of scholarly society operations and strategy.