Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
A Call for More Diversity in Publishing
UK’s publishers are being asked to include more disabled characters in children’s books. The request comes from a reader who was born with a disability himself. This interesting topic came to us from The Guardian in their article, “Schoolboy calls for more disabled characters in children’s books.” Like most organizations and industries, raising diversity among their…
Read MoreDigital Publishing Educational Opportunity
The PSP Committee for Digital Innovation (CDI) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Digital Publishing. In this series of seminars, speakers will explore the major challenges to serving today’s scholars, the common mistakes that well-meaning publishers make, and tested strategies for delivering precisely the right content when, where, and how users need it.…
Read MoreNew Approach to Fighting Censorship
Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events. The 2015 celebration will be held September 27-October 3. Publisher’s Weekly brought this news…
Read MoreEnhancing the Service
The recent VIVO conference in Cambridge, MA was formed following a successful National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored project. In short, VIVO is an open source researcher profile system that enables the discovery of research and scholarship across disciplines and institutions. It integrates with a number of other systems (HR, grants, faculty activity databases, and more) and has…
Read MoreDoing It Yourself
It feels like over time the often heard phrase of “I want to get published” has morphed into “I am publishing”. With the many changes in the publishing world, book publishing has changed so dramatically that it is no longer necessary to find an agent and pitch a book. Self-publishing opportunities are everywhere and as…
Read MoreWhat Kind of Reader Are You?
The battle between digital and print isn’t new and isn’t close to being settled. When it comes to reading on paper versus reading digitally, there are more than two camps. This interesting topic came to us from The Digital Reader in their article, “Could the Future of Reading be Text Plus Audio?” Many studies have been…
Read MorePublishing World Power Shift
It seems that the publishing industry has always looked at e-books as a “lesser than” or “second-class” resource. It is understandable considering the impact on their day to day business and bottom dollar e-books and e-readers have been responsible for. The Wall Street Journal brought this interesting piece of news to our attention in their article,…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity for Digital Publishers
Semantico is offering a webinar entitled: “Continuous Improvement” and will be presented by Tracy Capaldi-Drewett, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing and hosted by John Helmer. The presentation will focus on the role of aftercare services and how these can benefit your business. To register for this webinar, go here. Few industries have been experiencing…
Read MoreJournal Publishing Learning Opportunity
The Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers is offering an intensive three-day course on journal publishing. This unique opportunity is offered only once every two years. The purpose of the course is to expose interested participants to all aspects of journal publishing. PSP Journals Reboot is appropriate for those in…
Read MorePeer Reviews’ Reach
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) are presenting the latest resource in their Learning Initiative Partnership (LIP) series. This paper, “The Transparency of Peer Review“, is available to all SLA members at no cost, and all SLA members are encouraged to take a moment to download the white…
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