Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Free Webinar Address Metadata
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is offering a free webinar titled, “The Metadata Power Hour.” In very practical ways, metadata has different implications for different roles in scholarly communications and like so many topics close to us, it can be hard to sift through the available information to find out what…
Read MoreVirtual Webinar for Open Access Publishing
The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a virtual event titled, “Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age”. This event is scheduled for April 2, 2020 at 10:00-12:00 pm ET. In this new and strange time of social distancing due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event might just be what the doctor ordered. Library consortia…
Read MorePeer Review and Access
A vital and often overlooked aspect of peer review is that in the current system, peer reviewers are normally not paid for their work. Instead, they are rewarded by means of acknowledgment in journals, positions on editorial boards, free journal access, discounts on author fees, etc. This interesting topic came to us from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “Let Authors…
Read MoreGender Equity in Science
This past week marked an important celebration and no, I don’t mean Valentine’s Day. Tuesday, February 11th was International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Inspiring the Next Generation of Women in Science.” According to the World Economics Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap report,…
Read MoreNASA Releases New Technology Taxonomy
NASA has officially released the 2020 NASA Technology Taxonomy. This very interesting news came to us from Space Ref in their article, “Notice of Release of the 2020 NASA Technology Taxonomy.” The Technology Taxonomy provides a structure for articulating the technology development disciplines needed to enable future NASA missions. This update to the previous structure uses…
Read MorePath to Supported Scholarly Societies
There are many perceptions about scholarly societies; some are accurate and some- not so much. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Scholarly Societies: The Importance of Community.” A recent article from the same source received push back when they broached the topic of open access. The main focus of the…
Read MoreOpen Access in 2020
2020 is here and the list of predictions for all things are being produced. It is no different for academic publishing. The Scientist brought us this information in their article, “What to Expect in the Publishing World in 2020.” With the global push for open access in recent years and efforts from both academic institutions…
Read MoreImproving Data Sharing
Better data sharing. Dare I say, duh? This feels like we are preaching to the choir, but Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The Need to Simplify Indexing and Data Sharing.” The current system for indexing and sharing content and data has room for improvements. More efficiency and better…
Read MoreDigital Marketers Need Restraint
What is a digital marketer? An organization that earns millions in revenue from the data they collect on previous, current and future digital consumers. This interesting topic came to us from Tech Native in their article, “The Rise of First-Party Data: Why Quality Matters Over Quantity.” Digital marketers seeking to gobble up as much data as…
Read MoreThe Relationship Between Researchers and Scientists is Unique
A former scientist, turned publisher, Dr. Milka Kostic poses a question and gives some answers about the give and take between publishers and researchers. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “What Do Researchers Want from Publishers? An Interview with Dr Milka Kostic.” After hearing her keynote on How to make…
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