Book Review: Academic Freedom, edited by Jennifer Lackey (Oxford University Press, 2018)
A review of Academic Freedom the latest book in Oxford University Press’s series Engaging Philosophy.
Guest Post — From Diversity to Inclusion and Equity: Moving Beyond Good Intentions
We are celebrating International Women’s Day with guest Chef Susan Spilka of the Workplace Equity Project, who recently moderated a well-attended SSP webinar on moving from diversity to inclusion and equity, on which her post is based.
Funder Mandates and A Potential Change in Laboratory Dynamics
What happens when regulations around research funding pit the interests of the laboratory head against those of their students and postdocs?
All the Details of the New York Public Library
A deep architectural dive into the remarkable New York Public Library.
Editorial Independence and Journal Ownership in the Age of Open Science
The editorial board for the Journal of Informetrics declared checkmate when they resigned over Elsevier’s open access and open citations policies. Raising both practical and moral questions of journal ownership, the editors of Learning Publishing ask: What can this power move tell us about editorial ownership in the age of open science?
The Evolving Landscape of Research Access and its Impact on the Global South
Information access has an important role to play in tackling inequity in the global research and knowledge systems. But subscriptions to Northern journals are only part of the story for improving research equity in low- and middle-income-countries.
Ask The Chefs: The Future Form Of Scholarly Communication
With the changes afoot in scholarly communications practices, sentiment, and business models, the Chefs consider: What are we aiming for?
Yes, Women Also Know: Online Resources Identify and Highlight Women Experts
Okay, 2019, it’s gotta be the end of manels (all male panels) and whanels (all white). Online projects provide resources that call attention to the problems of bias, and make locating women experts easy.