Posts Tagged ‘Reference’
Data Management Opportunity Down Under
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that we find. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the…
Read MoreNew Year Brings Educational Opportunities
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division is offering two educational opportunities (in person or via webinar) to start the new year off. The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speakers Matt Cooper & Emma Brink (Wiley) to speak about early publishing careers on Friday, January 13, 2017 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the AAP New York…
Read MoreNew Science Journal Focuses on Robotics
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently debuted a new journal. Science Robotics has been launched to cover the most important advances in robots and their applications. As the newest journal to join the Science family of journals and it is now open to accept submissions. The journal’s goals have been identified as to select the most groundbreaking…
Read MorePortable Peer Review
The process of peer review is a cornerstone of scientific integrity. It guarantees the quality in a scientific research paper. When a researcher accomplishes something, the concluding step is to publish the results in the scientific literature. To get there, the paper must undergo peer review. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this information to us in their…
Read MoreTraditions
Tradition. Every time I hear this word, the scene from Fiddler on the Roof pops into my head. “You may ask how did these traditions start? I’ll tell you, I don’t know, but it’s tradition!” There are so many traditions and yet many don’t know where they come from. Some start out as one thing,…
Read MorePublishing Challenges
The widespread use of Sci-Hub for research papers has fueled one of the most important academic debates in recent times. This interesting information came to us from the London School of Economics and Political Science and their blog post, “The current system of knowledge dissemination isn’t working and Sci-Hub is merely a symptom of the problem.” Sci-Hub…
Read More#Hashtag
Think about the many ways in which we can search the web. First, there are various browsers to choose from: Chrome, FireFox, or Internet Explorer, for example. Then, you have search engine such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Then, after you choose those, you can search using Booleans or keywords. The rise in social media,…
Read MoreEnterprise Data Governance Online Event
2016 is coming to a close so it is time to start filling your calendar for 2017, before someone else does it for you. Now is a good time to save the date for the 2nd annual Enterprise Data Governance Online Event (EDGO). January 25th, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (PST) should be on your…
Read MoreGetting to Know Your Libaries
Many believe academic libraries and publishers can work together more effectively to deliver on their shared core mission – to foster access to the world’s knowledge across disciplinary, institutional and national boundaries for researchers, students and academics alike. This interesting information came to us from USKG in their opinion piece, “Managing relationships between libraries and publishers for…
Read MoreScholarly Publishing Still Has Street Cred
Many critics believe that Facebook users have been influenced by “fake news” on Facebook in their election decisions. Whether you agree with them or with Mark Zuckerberg who adamantly contends this isn’t happening and that fake news is not very prevalent on Facebook, you have likely been a recipient of the trending news list fed by an algorithm. The…
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