Professors must ‘publish or perish’
(usustatesman.com): Beyond teaching responsibilities, those in academia have an expectation to publish research on a yearly basis. Utah State University Press director Michael Spooner said the attitude is often expressed in the phrase, "publish or perish." Spooner said often, faculty jobs depend on getting research into print. Read More
Starting UKSG in a state of … informed bewilderment
(liveserials.blogspot.com): The scholarly ecosystem has grown complex in its proliferation (of publishers, authors, institutions etc), and "for a system to be viable, it has to match the complexity of its environment." But there's not a single organism in our ecosystem able to match the complexity of our environment. Complexity is… Read More
The Future Of Libraries In The E-Book Age
(npr.org): A lot of attention has been focused on the way bookstores and publishing companies are managing the e-book revolution. The role of libraries has often been overlooked. But when HarperCollins Publishing Co. recently announced a new policy that would limit the number of times its e-books can be borrowed,… Read More
Heading for the Open Road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications
(wellcome.ac.uk): Heading for the Open Road', a new report commissioned by the Research Information Network and other funders, including the Trust, supports this approach. It discusses a number of scenarios and suggests that the "Gold" scenario - the model in which author-side payments are levied to enable immediate open access… Read More
Will Publishers Be Relevant to the Future?
(publishersweekly.com): The 2011 London Book Fair seminar program kicked off with a good old-fashioned debate featuring four great publishing personalities. The provocative resolution: “Publishers in the digital age will be irrelevant.” Hosted by Susan Danziger, CEO of DailyLit and organizer of the Publishing Point, and moderated by Michael Healy, executive… Read More
Apple angles for position of power in publishing world
(physorg.com): Apple's bold foray into the world of digital publishing could make it the online gatekeeper for newspaper and magazine content, just as it is for music. But for a plan ostensibly designed to help ailing print publishers sign up new readers and thrive in the digital jungle, the Cupertino,… Read More
Ads on Kindles, E-Readers Are Wave of Future
(technewsdaily.com): Analysts say ads could become a common part of the e-reader experience following Amazon's announcement of a cheaper, ad-supported Kindle device. Amazon announced on Monday (April 11) that it will be dropping the price of its Kindle e-reader in exchange for the addition of on-screen advertisements on new devices.… Read More
Who Will Referee the Referee? — The ACS As Publisher and “Approver”
(scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org): The American Chemical Society appears to be in a rather unusual position among scholarly and professional societies in the United States. On the one hand, it is a well-respected publisher of high-quality chemistry journals and of Chemical Abstracts, which is generally recognized as the core research database in the… Read More
How the Cloud Facilitates Business Growth
(blogs.forbes.com): With the economy in turmoil for the past few years, businesses have had a compelling financial motivation for cloud migrations—the ability to lower the costs and boost the efficiency of IT. In many senses, the young cloud computing industry has benefitted from the recession, because the ROI story cloud… Read More
Publishing In The Digital Devices Boom: The Importance of APIs
(publishingperspectives.com): The number of digital reading devices are multiplying. Publishers can best handle this distribution opportunity by developing an API. “What is it that publishing does at its core, and how much will that be impacted by new technology?” Publishing is the packaging of information in accessible formats, and the… Read More
