Connecting by Reading: A Selection of Books on Race and Racism, Part 2
Today’s post includes part 2 of books about race and racism. When we read, we learn about each other and open our minds to other perspectives.
Connecting by Reading: A Selection of Books About Race and Racism, Part 1
Today’s post features several guest authors reviewing books on racism and anti-racism. When we read, we learn.
Guest Post — Books for the 2020s: The Role of Book Content in the STM Researcher Ecosystem
What is the role of book content in the Science, Technical and Medical (STM) researcher ecosystem?
What We’re Missing From Being in Person, or, What Will a Born Digital Conference Look Like?
In this era of COVID-19, what is the new normal for conferences in our community. Moving forward, what might a born digital conference entail?
Talking About – and Maybe Even Selling – Books in a Pandemic
With their audiences in COVID-19 lockdown, publishers are testing out new marketing strategies while some authors are taking matters into their own hands.
Guest Post — On Working from Home in a Pandemic
Gabe Harp from MIT Press offers tips on how to maximize your efficiency and preserve your sanity while working from home.
Woking, the Doorway Effect, and Who Knew You’d Miss Your Commute So Much?
Working from home? Moving from room to room could help you cope with the endless video calls more effectively.
Ask The Chefs: New Normal Part 2
From binge watching, binge listening, reconnecting with neighbors and old friends, Zoom happy hours or Zoom family game nights, to cooking, exercising, and gardening, we’re all figuring out how to get through our days. What’s your strategy? Part 2 of our answers today.
Ask The Chefs: New Normal Part 1
From binge watching, binge listening, reconnecting with neighbors and old friends, Zoom happy hours or Zoom family game nights, to cooking, exercising, and gardening, we’re all figuring out how to get through our days. What’s your strategy? Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.
Copyright, Creative Commons, and Confusion
In this article, Robert Harington revisits the history of copyright, steering into Creative Commons Licensing, and weighs the value of protection and reuse in light of an inexorable push towards global openness.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
A time traveler goes back four months to explain to herself what’s been happening in 2020.
Living and Working Abroad: An Interview with Amanda Laverick and Adrian Stanley
Amanda Laverick and Adrian Stanley talk about their experiences living and working in countries far from home.
Goodnight Dolly
Champion of literacy, Dolly Parton offers a weekly bedtime story.
The Internet Archive Chooses Readers
How will we meet this moment of global crisis? The Internet Archive breaks glass.
Guest Post — Open Peer Review in the Humanities
Open peer review hasn’t caught on in the humanities, but it has been part of ongoing experiments in humanities publishing. As the American Historical Review tries open review, what lessons can we take from previous experiments?