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Top 5 Academic Publishing Trends to look out for in 2013
2012 has certainly been an eventful, some would even say turbulent, year in the unpredictable world of academic publishing. A crescendo of calls for a complete re-imagination of traditional pay-for-access models, the ‘Academic Spring’ campaign, the high profile Cost of … Continue reading
The Library of the Future is Mobile
After attending the recent MobileTechnology Executive briefing run by the Chartered institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) I’ve become really excited by the opportunities that developments in mobile technology are presenting to academic publishers, librarians and end users. This … Continue reading
More Social Media insight for academic publishers
Social media is a hot topic among academic publishers this year, and nowhere moreso than at SSP. Many of the sessions covering social media at last month’s conference were standing room only, as academics, publishers and technology providers shared their … Continue reading
Masterclass in social media for academic publishers
Earlier this month, Alan J Cann, who is Internet Consulting Editor for Annals of Botany, based out of the University of Leicester Department of Biology gave an excellent presentation on how academic publishers can take advantage of social media tools … Continue reading
ALPSP Digital Strategy Seminar Presentations
On 9th Febuary 2012, scholarly publishing professionals from across the UK convened in central London for an ALPSP event exploring how they could successfully implement digital publishing strategies. The event was hosted by Publishing Technology’s Louise Russell, and featured a … Continue reading
Two ways scholarly publishers can make PDA work
I’ve been following the comment thread on this fascinating post on Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) on Scholarly Kitchen. It raises some really interesting arguments that I’d like to explore about how college librarians here in the US and scholarly publishers … Continue reading
4 Common Pitfalls for Publishing Websites
I have to admit that when I read this piece from UX magazine I found myself recognising (and laughing at) scenarios like this one: “UX designer: You obviously sell to a wide range of people. Who are your main customers? … Continue reading
Will the CERN time-travel experiment change peer review forever?
Yesterday the scientists at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, announced the results of a series of experiments that, if true, break the laws of physics as we know it. They may have discovered a particle that travels faster … Continue reading
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