Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Webinar Addresses Creative Commons
Association of American Publisher’s Professional & Scholar’s Publishing Books Committee is bringing guest speakers Terence P. Keegan and David S. Korzenik from the law firm of Miller Korzenik Sommers LLP to discuss When Creative Commons Licenses Create Headaches. This interesting educational event is scheduled for Friday, October 21st from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the AAP/NY office and via the webinar. Many online publishers…
Read MoreTime for Change
We have all heard it muttered and maybe some of us have done the muttering. The observation that many feel there is no innovation in scholarly publishing and that leaves the publishing word ripe for disruption. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this news to us in their article, “Ripe for Disruption – From Within?” With scholarly publishing, it seems that…
Read MoreThe Expectations of Academic Publishing
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers recently held their annual meeting in London and one of the highlighted sessions was “What Does Academic Engagement Mean Now?” moderated by Isabel Thompson of Oxford University Press. The panel was supposed to address, among other things, whether we are achieving everything we aim to in regards to academic engagement…
Read MoreNew Partnerships Build Language Bridge
Hindawi and Editage have announced a new partnership that will provide English-language editing to authors wishing to submit to Hindawi publications. The Society for Scholarly Publishing brought this news to us in their release, “Hindawi and Editage announce their partnership to provide English-language editing services.” Hindawi is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access journals covering a…
Read MoreFall Educational Series Looks Into Metrics
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is once again offering a fall seminar series, this time on Metrics, New Metrics and Their Significance. The next part of the series is scheduled for October 19, 2016 at 12:00-1:30 p.m. The title of this webinar is “Altmetrics.”…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity Around Document Delivery
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is bringing an interesting webinar titled, “Document Delivery in the Information Ecosystem” available on October 11, 2016. With scholarly output continuing to increase with new journals introduced each year and simultaneous shrinking of library acquisition budgets and increasing journal subscription prices, scholarly content buyers must learn to do more…
Read MoreSTM Offers Varied Services to Members
STM is the leading global trade association for academic and professional publishers. It has over 120 members in 21 countries who each year collectively publish nearly 66% of all journal articles and tens of thousands of monographs and reference works. STM members include learned societies, university presses, private companies, start-ups and established businesses. STM is a…
Read MoreCopyright is in the Spotlight
This year’s Beijing International Book Fair had some new guests. United Kingdom (UK) publishing welcomed the new minister for business, energy and industrial strategy, Baroness Neville-Rolfe. The minister and her team participated in a range of meetings, speeches and conferences, all designed to support British intellectual property (IP) businesses in this complex market. The Bookseller brought this interesting…
Read MoreNew Approach to Peer Review
The open access journal, BMC Psychology, will launch the first randomized controlled trial to find out if a ‘results free’ peer-review process can help reduce publication bias. STM Publishing News brought this to our attention in their article, “New ‘results free’ peer-review process to be piloted for academic publishing.” What is ‘results free’? That means reviewers…
Read MorePeer Review Receives Recognition
Open Researcher and Contributor ID, or as most people know it, ORCID, is celebrating Peer Review Week (September 19-25). Before it began, they invited 20+ organizations on the steering group to share how they recognize review and what plans they have for the future with regard to peer review. Their responses show a clear understanding of the…
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