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Ryan Holman

Report Finds Common Ground in Efforts to Balance Public Access, Scholarly Publishing - 1 views

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    Mostly having to do with scholarly publishing....
Debbie Bezanson

Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses - 0 views

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    A Report of the AAUP Task Force on Economic Models for Scholarly Publishing
arnie Grossblatt

Ask the Chefs: "What Do You Think Is the Most Important Trend in Publishing T... - 1 views

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    Interesting survey of opinion on publishing trends from the blogging crew at Scholarly Kitchen.
arnie Grossblatt

if:book: saving scholarly publishing and saving civilization - 0 views

  • Michael Jensen, the always-ahead-of-the-curve Director of the National Academies Press gave a stunningly original speech at the recent AAUP (American Association of University Presses) which, in his words, "allowed me to talk about the two issues that matter most to me: saving scholarly publishing, and saving civilization. In 16 minutes."
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    Our own Michael Jensen and his more recent presentation at AAUP is discussed
Ryan Holman

What Scholarly Publishers Can Learn from Bookish - 0 views

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    Bookish is a new online service for discovering and purchasing books. It's a joint venture of three of the largest trade publishers: Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Penguin. (Penguin will shortly be merging with Random House.)
arnie Grossblatt

Google Claims Orphan Books, Raising Alarm in Academia - 0 views

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    Concern the the Google-AAP settlement gives Google an unfair advantage wrt to orphan books and may inhibit scholarly access to these out-of-print works.
Ryan Holman

Short-form Publishing - A New Content Category, Courtesy of the Internet - 0 views

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    Short-form publishing is becoming more popular as the financial impracticalities of publishing something at this length become a moot point, thanks to the digital era.
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    I've found some really interesting short-films. Definitely there're talented people out there, they just need money to break through
Elizabeth Ralls

The "Open" Prescription - Why It Doesn't Always Make Sense « The Scholarly Ki... - 2 views

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    "'Open' accounting doesn't make you an accountant; 'open' long-haul trucking doesn't make you a long-haul trucker; and 'open' science doesn't make you a scientist. It takes more than permission to become competent."
arnie Grossblatt

What Is a Career in Publishing? Recruiting the Talent We Need for the 21st Ce... - 6 views

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    This is few months old, but still a worthwhile read on the state of the job market and planning for a career in publishing.
arnie Grossblatt

U Michigan Press To Go All Digital for Monographs - 0 views

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    U of M Press will publish monographs only in digital form with an option for POD. The money quote "I have been increasingly convinced that the business model based on printed monograph was not merely failing but broken,"
Rebecca Benner

Society for Scholarly Publishing - 2008 Fall Seminars - 0 views

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    Seminars offered by SSP in November. See especially "E-journal publishing: A critical review of emerging standards and practice" (Nov 19).
arnie Grossblatt

2 New Digital Models Promise Academic Publishing for Profit - Chronicle.com - 0 views

  • "What I believe—and this is what we're putting to the test—is that as you're putting something online free of charge, you may lose a few sales, but you'll gain other sales because more people will know about it," said Frances Pinter, Bloomsbury Academic's publisher.
  • She would like Bloomsbury Academic to demonstrate that publishers can add editorial value to scholarship without having to choose between locking it down or giving it all away.
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    Free and shared cost models for academic publishing. Cites other organizations that, like NAP, have sustainable models with free content.
Kat Rodenhizer

Go Away = Come Back « The Scholarly Kitchen - 0 views

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    The Power of the Link
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    I think the writer touches on two things that are very important for Internet readers: they want to see something else and they want to see what's next. Yahoo, Drudge, Google -- these sites update regularly, and they update frequently. Readers/users who visit these sites are looking for something new, something close to whatever they were previously reading, and they are looking for it to come to them quickly.
Kristen Reynolds

48 Hours on Wikipedia « The Scholarly Kitchen - 0 views

  • Overall, 1/3 to 1/2 of the fibs were corrected within 48 hours
  • the median response time was 2 hours 15 minutes (it took about twice as long to correct a subset of articles that were not high-profile).
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    This is the article about a study done on response time in Wikipedia I mentioned in class last night. Very interesting stuff!
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