Posts Tagged ‘Reference’
New Platform for Academic Publishing
Cambridge University Press recently announced the expansion of Author Hub into a new, integrated online platform for book authors. This news came to us from STM Publishing in their article, “Cambridge University Press Announces New Home for Authors.” Author Hub originally launched in 2013 and offers services for current and prospective authors spanning all three of the…
Read MoreOpen Access Publishing is Not a Fair Playing Field
The shift towards open-access publishing continues and in the process some new types of inequality within academia have been revealed. This interesting information came to us from the Times Higher Education and their article, “Open-access charges ‘create new inequalities’ in publishing A class division between universities, whereby researchers from lower-ranking institutions with fewer resources are often…
Read MoreThe Rest of the Story
Last week we discussed the valuable information and story that data, specifically DNA data, can reveal. I shared our experience with canine DNA and what story our dogs’ DNA told us. We did the canine experiments several years ago and valued the information provided to us by the company about breed specific diseases, behaviors, etc.…
Read MoreNew Words Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Most of us have heard of hangry and some of us have experienced it. Now, it is in the dictionary. This interesting and humorous information came to us from NPR in their article, “‘Oxford English Dictionary’ Adds New Entries Including ‘Hangry‘.” Hangry is one of the newest entries and it is defined as “bad tempered…
Read MoreOxford University Press Adds More Academic Journals to Their Roster
Oxford University Press recently announced that it will publish the International Communication Association (ICA) journals, beginning January 2018. Knowledge Speak brought this information to us in their article, “Oxford University Press to publish the International Communication Association journals.” ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human…
Read MoreLibraries of Interest
Libraries are nirvana to the bibliophiles among us. They also tickle that OCD gene with all the books lined up and organized in a particular fashion. However, some are better than others. This interesting article takes a look at the “15 Incredible Libraries Around the World” and came to us from Twisted Sifter. Their determination of “incredible” is…
Read MoreNew Collaboration to Support Data Science Careers
Elsevier and the University of Oxford have begun a five-year collaboration to develop exceptional research talent in the field of mathematics and data science. KnowledgeSpeak brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Elsevier and University of Oxford announce 5-year collaboration to support early career researchers in the field of mathematics and data science.…
Read MoreIndexing Folklore
Many of us have the “word of day” type emails that arrive in our in-box every morning. For readers and writers (and just plain ole’ word nerds), it is a way to broaden our vocabulary or to just give us a chuckle. With social media, this type of outreach has more avenues and applications for…
Read More2018 Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) Keynote Announced
The 13th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting is just around the corner. The keynote speaker for Wednesday, February 7th is Martin Klein, Scientist in the Research Library at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His presentation is titled, “Towards Web-Centric Repository Interoperability.” In this talk Martin will outline the Signposting concept for repositories – a standards-based …
Read MoreOpen Access to Research
Academic publishers should take note of a recent report from Springer Nature that shows there is a tangible benefit to publishing academic books using immediate open access (OA) models. Springer Nature brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Open access academic books downloaded, discussed and cited far more than traditional books.” Among the research findings,…
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