Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
An Experience in Connections
Last year, the Public Library of Science (PLOS) shared their experience in exploring how they might link PLOS Subject Area terms to related concepts outside the PLOS publishing platform. In subsequent conversations, they realized some obvious next steps with regard to linked data. This interesting information came to us from the PLOS blog in their article, “PLOS…
Read MoreTaxonomies in the Publishing World
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2016 annual conference is being held on June 12-14, 2016 in Philadelphia. There are many networking opportunities at SLA 2016 that will allow you to share your experiences and learn from other information professionals. One workshop that might get you interested in registering is Taxonomy Talk From the Publishing World scheduled for Tuesday, June…
Read MoreTrends in Publishing World Released
Publishers should be pleased, if only slightly, that book sales for consumer books were up 0.8% from January to December 2015. Granted, a move from $7.1 billion to $7.2 billion isn’t a huge jump, but in the world of publishing where many predict a dire future, this is a positive sign. On the other side of…
Read MoreNew Partnership Focuses on Collaboration
The University of California Press (UCP) and California Digital Library (CDL) have partnered with Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (CKF) to develop Editoria, a new open source, digital-first book production platform. The University of California Press brought this news to us in their blog post titled, “University of California Press and California Digital Library to Partner with Collaborative Knowledge Foundation to…
Read MoreWell-Known Institution Broadening Its Digital Presence
The New York Times Company has announced that they will invest more than $50 million over the next three years to support their plan to expand their international digital audience and increase revenue outside the United States. This interesting news came from The New York Times in their article, “New York Times Plans International Digital Expansion.”…
Read MoreDebate Over Online Articles
The scientific community is part of a conflict that centers around copyright infringement and online piracy. This isn’t a new problem, but has been lifted higher in everyone’s awareness after Alexandra Elbaykyan, a graduate student based in Russia, set up Sci-Hub—an online database of 50 million stolen scholarly journal articles. The Innovation Files brought this interesting…
Read MoreCommas, Hyphens, and Rules – Oh my!
Word nerds might unite or divide around this topic, but the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook is always good for a hearty conversation. The Baltimore Sun brought this topic to us in their article, “A challenge to the AP Stylebook editors.” Whether it is the serial comma issue or the apostrophe debate, writers and editors are…
Read MoreCensorship, Intellectual Freedom, and Books
The American Library Association recently released the State of America’s Libraries Report 2016. One small part of that report includes the most challenged books of 2015. This interesting information came to our attention from The Washington Post in their article, “The books Americans want removed from libraries.” There does seem to be some common objections to the…
Read MoreNew Journal Acquisition Broadens Research
SAGE Publishing has purchased the full journal portfolio of academic journals publisher, IP Publishing Ltd. SAGE Publishing brought this news to us in their release, “SAGE Publishing acquires journal portfolio from prominent humanities and social science publisher, IP Publishing.” Effective April 1, 2016, SAGE will be publishing the following five titles: Industry and Higher Education – a bi-monthly…
Read MoreSemantic Key to Partnership
Impelsys and Ontotext are releasing an integrated technology offering that will allow publishers and content providers to benefit from semantically enriched metadata. Database Trends and Applications brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Impelsys and Ontotext Partner to Provide Smart Content.” The two vendors each bring different things to the table. Impelsys offers its digital content…
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