Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Politics and the Information Industry
The past few weeks in politics has been busy. One of the most improbable election results in modern America was the election of Donald Trump to the Office of the President of the United States. What has this meant to those in the information industry? Many companies have held off finalizing plans for 2017 until…
Read MoreFact or Fiction or…
My oldest child is almost four years old. I love this age because his imaginative play is in full swing and he is becoming a great story teller. I can also give him nonsensical answers to questions that I don’t know the answer to, or when I don’t think he is capable of handling the…
Read MoreAcademic Journals Undergo Changes
Emerald Group Publishing has changed the names, broadened the scope and appointed new editors to some of its key Library & Information Science journals. Emerald Group Publishing brought this interesting news to us in their release, “Emerald re-envisions its Library & Information Science journals.” Eileen Breen, Publisher at Emerald, said: “Library Science is becoming more interdisciplinary and…
Read MoreFads and Fates
I have long wondered about the latest trend of having girl in the title of bestsellers. I assumed after I read Gone Girl that authors and publishers were just riding on the coattails of its success. Apparently I wasn’t alone in my query. Five Thirty Eight brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MoreNew Partnership Improves Findability
ScienceOpen has announced a new partnership with the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). STM Publishing News brought this information to us in their article, “ScienceOpen partners with the Open Library of Humanities to open up the context of HSS research.” ScienceOpen is a next-generation research discovery platform, and the OLH is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting…
Read MoreNFAIS Webinar Addresses Impact
The next webinar in the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) Webinar series is December 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). This webinar is titled, “Measuring Scholarly Impact: Can One Size Fit All?” With more than two million research articles published annually in authoritative, respected scholarly journals, it can be a challenge to discern which articles to…
Read MoreChanges in Publishing
Scholarly publishing as an industry has changed, dare we say evolved, over the last few decades. Some of this was by design and some was forced adaptation to a new reality. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this information to our attention in their article, “A Quick Tour Around the World of Scholarly Journal Publishing.” This reality consists of…
Read MoreWho Wrote It?
In a surprising turn of events, Oxford University Press announced that its new edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare will credit Christopher Marlowe as a co-author on the three Henry VI plays. This interesting news came to us from NPR in their story, “Christopher Marlowe Officially Credited As Co-Author Of 3 Shakespeare Plays.” This is…
Read MorePublishers Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence
Aries Systems Corporation recently announced the integration of Meta Bibliometric Intelligence into Editorial Manager, Aries’ manuscript and peer-review tracking system for scholarly publications. This interesting information came from Aries Systems in their article, “Artificial Intelligence Integration Allows Publishers a First Look at Meta Bibliometric Intelligence.” The new technology applies artificial intelligence toward the identification of high-impact…
Read MoreAudiobooks Transformed
Remember books on tape? Then they morphed into CDs, but it still took four or five CDs for a decent size novel. Now with smartphones, audiobooks are finding a new audience that appreciates the ease and portability of downloading recorded versions of books onto their smartphones. USA Today brought this information to us in their article, “Smartphones give…
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