Blogs selected for Week March 11, 2019 to March 17, 2019
1. Guest Post – Pictures Worth a Thousand Words? On Visualisations of Scholarly Workflow It is no secret that some of the major players in scholarly communications are pivoting toward offering support for research processes beyond publishing. Universities, research funders, and librarians are increasingly invested in shaping research processes as well, especially amid growing concerns […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week March 4, 2019 to March 10, 2019
1. Revisiting: Governance and the Not-for-profit Publisher How can not-for-profit organisations outcompete their commercial rivals? Joseph Esposito, in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, revisits his 2011 post that lays out a blueprint for success. The blog post says (quote): A lack of money is not what prevents a NFP from becoming the next Wolters Kluwer. Something […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week February 25, 2019 to March 3, 2019
1. Say blockchain one more time! What is the real value of blockchain to higher education? The revolutionary potential of blockchain has been much touted in many fields including research and higher education. In his post in the LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog, Martin Hamilton discusses some of the potential applications of blockchain to […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week February 18, 2019 to February 24, 2019
1. Ahead of the Game – How impact is an additional hurdle for scholars from widening countries to receiving EU funding. The next round of the EU’s research and innovation funding program, Horizon Europe, will include a requirement to develop a mission statement outlining how the research will achieve societal impact. In their post in […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week February 11, 2019 to February 17, 2019
1. A Brief History of History Responding to Open Access History as a discipline has a history of responding to Open Access Initiatives. Karin Wulf, in her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, discusses what they can learn from this history of history that could push faster, farther toward collaboratively designed and implemented OA. The […]
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