Libraries and publishers interact all the time, but how can a library communicate its vision for scholarly publishing? We all know about the limitations of current metrics for journal publishing: all too often the much criticised journal impact factor is used, …
If you are seeking a sense of tradition, here was where to find it. This year’s Fiesole Retreat was held at the University of Tübingen, founded by Eberhard the Bearded, no less, in 1477, although the Alte Aula, the conference room, …
This fascinating one-day event, at Imperial College, London, looked at failure from many angles. Speakers included established professors, writers, publishers, as well as early career researchers, on what failure means, …
One unexpected aspect of digital publishing is the increasing misuse of links. Instead of explaining something, writers are increasingly turning to hyperlinks, saying, in other words, that I don’t need to explain this term – …
Universities spend considerable time and money trying to measure research influence, but do those metrics truly capture scholarly value? I talked with Rachel Miles, research impact coordinator at Virginia Tech Libraries, to find out …
The chance to hear Nobel prize-winner Paul Nurse speak (at the Ernst Chain Memorial Lecture, Imperial College) was too good …
What is a conference for? It can be to impart information; it can be to bring people with similar interests and concerns together; but perhaps the most valuable thing a conference can …
It may surprise some that there is more than one academic book publisher in Cambridge. Open Book Publishing, founded in 2008 by Cambridge academics Rupert Gatti and Alessandro Tosi, is one of the most successful open-access publishers in the UK. …
Not all scientists are like Darwin. This is clear from a fascinating book (Darwin’s Backyard, by James Costa) about Darwin’s second life: not the five years he spent on the Beagle Expedition, but the remainder of his life, which …
Meta-Research, or research about research, has existing for many years, but only recently has it started to be identified more formally. Gregory Laynor, co-founder of the Meta-Research Collaborative, is in the forefront of this area of information science.
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