Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Webinar Aimed at Combatting Fake News
In collaboration with the Charleston Conference, the Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a webinar – Practical Measures: Combatting “Fake News” through Scholarly Integrity, Digital Literacy, and Workflow Tools. Mark your calendars for November 7, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Between stories of Russian hackers, twitter bots, and fake editorial boards, those who make…
Read MoreFinding Access
Open access (OA) refers to online research output that is free of all restrictions on access and free of many restrictions on use. Open access can be applied to all forms of published research output, including peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed academic journal articles, conference papers, theses, and monographs. The Scholarly Kitchen brings to light an interesting question in their article, “Revisiting: Is Access to…
Read MoreWebinar Series on AI in Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Digital Publishing. This three-part seminar series will explore these topics and the practical aspects of the real applications of technologies that were once the stuff of science fiction. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The…
Read MoreWebinar About Open Access Books
The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a webinar – “An Update on Open Access Books: All is Not Green and Gold” – in the development of sustainable business models for books. The open access world for books started much later than for journals but at this point there are a variety of different initiatives and…
Read MoreE-Books in the Classroom
Digital vs. paper is not a new subject. Traditional books vs. electronic ones and the e-readers that make it possible to take a thousand books with you on vacation is not new either. However, electronic textbooks may be new on the scene. The Tulsa Beacon brought this news to our attention in their article, “Saving…
Read More2017 Fall Seminar: New Directions in Society & Nonprofit Publishing
The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a fall seminar on New Directions in Society & Nonprofit Publishing. Mark your calendars for October 4, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The event is also offered in virtual meeting format. Society-based and other non-profit publishers face unique challenges in an ever-changing information landscape. How do…
Read MoreEducational and Networking Opportunity for Women in Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers Professional Development Committee (PDC) is offering a free educational and development opportunity: Learn, Connect, Grow: Free PSP Session on Women in PSP Publishing. Mark your calendars today and plan to hear about the challenges and the benefits for women in PSP publishing on Wednesday, October…
Read MoreDigital and Artificial Intelligence in Publishing
Flashbacks of Jetsons cartoons run through my mind when I hear about artificial intelligence (AI) becoming an everyday convenience; robot assistants guiding shoppers around stores, self-driving cars cruising the highways, and automated lawnmowers in the backyard. Is this 2017 or 2117? Talking New Media brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “AI and…
Read MoreWebinar Series Focuses on AI
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Digital Publishing. This three-part seminar series will explore these topics and the practical aspects of the real applications of technologies that were once the stuff of science fiction. Mark your calendars for October 17, 2017 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The second part…
Read MoreBook Technology
New York-based startup Kadaxis won the BookTech Company of the Year Award last year. They were recognized for using data science to improve book discovery across the publishing value chain – for authors, publishers and readers. The Bookseller brought this information to us in their article, “How BookTech winner Kadaxis is bringing better data to books.” Since…
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