Blogs selected for Week January 15 to January 21, 2018
1. Countering the Über-Brands: The Case for the Megajournal Many column inches have been expended on the megajournal and its successes and (perhaps more often), failures. Alison Mudditt, in her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, discusses how might megajournals support the very real need for action to improve the transparency, reproducibility and efficiency of […]
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1.Workflow Lock-in: A Taxonomy Research workflow providers can be expected to lock in researchers and universities to their products through a variety of tactics. In his post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, Roger C. Schonfeld provides an overview of what is meant by lock-in and a taxonomy of approaches that may be pursued. The blog […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week December 11 to December 17, 2017
1.One Time-Saving Strategy for Managing Print Journals Even though much of the serials world has gone electronic, thousands of libraries worldwide still purchase some print journals for their collections. This post from the EBSCOpost Blog discusses how many librarians handle the tasks associated with the delivery of print issues, such as check in, claiming and […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week December 4 to December 10, 2017
1.A View from the Outside – Trends and Challenges Consultants See in Scholarly Publishing Publishers utilise consultants to help them evaluate strategic, technical, financial, management, marketing, or editorial options. Input from more than a dozen consultants portrays an industry struggling to adapt to a dramatically different and rapidly changing information economy, notes Kent Anderson, in […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week November 27 to December 3, 2017
1.COPE Introduces Less Specific Member Rules Along with a New Policy on Expulsions New changes at COPE seem to move the organisation further away from standards and closer to suggested behaviour. At the same time, a new policy on member expulsions was announced, notes Angela Cochran, in her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog. The […]
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