Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Last Day to Register Online
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a unique learning opportunity on November 15th at the U.S. National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Managing Digital Research Objects in an Expanding Science Ecosystem will share information about digital research objects (DROs) – digital representations of data, publications, software, authors, etc. These include semantic approaches to assign and map…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses the Current Media Landscape
It is back to school season and that applies to professionals as well. The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a webinar on November 14, 2017 titled, The Future of Quality, Accuracy and Science Communication. The webinar will address how scholars and the general public navigate the current media landscape to validate what they think…
Read More2018 Annual Professional & Scholarly Publishing Conference Registration is Open
Registration is now open for the Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) 2018 Annual Conference and Pre-Conference. The best discounts will be had when you register early. The theme this year is Data, Diversity, and Discovery: How Professional & Scholarly Publishing is Accelerating Change & Growth. The event is scheduled for February 7-9, 2018 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC. A …
Read MoreGender Bias in Scientific Publishing
Scientists strive to be objective in their peer review of grant applications and manuscript submissions. However, the threat to objectivity comes from all humans because they are all susceptible to biases in decision-making. But does this bias differ based on gender? This topic was brought to us by The Scholarly Kitchen in their post,”Gender Bias…
Read MoreText Analytics in Peer Review
The volume of submissions for inclusion in scholarly journals offers new challenges for scholarly publishers. Even with recent advances in peer review and editorial management platforms, new solutions are emerging. Access Innovations’ Director of Business Development, Bob Kasenchak, recently wrote an article addressing the situation. It was published in Information Systems and Use and can be viewed…
Read MoreStudents Choose Paper Over Digital
Digital books, e-readers and electronic data is prevalent in homes and schools. As more and more students use tablets and laptops for educational purposes, it is easy to assume that digital content is as good as paper, just more convenient. This interesting information came to us from WDRZ in North Dakota in their article, “Recent study…
Read MoreeBooks Get a Pilot Test
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has unveiled a pilot program to test a new model for a library-owned and library-centered ebook marketplace for popular ebooks, together with free public domain and openly-licensed ebooks. This interesting news came to us from their release, “DPLA Exchange Offers Library-Centered Ebook Marketplace.” The DPLA Exchange will allow staff at six…
Read MoreOpen Source and Diversity
Have you ever played that game about brands? Who owns whom? We live in an age of corporate consolidation. Big companies continue to acquire or merge with smaller firms at a rapid pace. All the biggest product brands in the world are owned by a handful of corporations. This interesting information came to us from The…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Research and Scientific Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee will be hearing from guest speaker David Lovinger, Editor-in-Chief, Alcohol on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) at the Wolters Kluwer/NY offices. David will be discussing the impact of present circumstances and policies in the biomedical research field on research and scientific publishing. This will include consideration of the present funding climate…
Read MoreCollaboration Around Science Journals
ResearchGate and Springer Nature recently announced that they have been in discussions about finding solutions to sharing scientific journal articles online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights. ResearchGate brought this news to us in their release, “ResearchGate and Springer Nature plan cooperation.” Scholarly collaboration networks (SCNs) are top of mind these days for…
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