A new special issue of Nature is online (all articles are available to non-subscribers) that looks at the future of publishing. The entire issue is worth a look. Links follow. We will begin with an article and interview that will be of extra special interest.
- The Library Reboot
“As scientific publishing moves to embrace open data, libraries and researchers are trying to keep up.”
- Q&A: Knowledge Liberator
“Robert Darnton heads the world’s largest collection of academic publications, the Harvard University Library system. He is also a driver behind the new Digital Public Library of America. Ahead of its launch in April, he talks about Google, science journals and the open-access debate.”
Additional Items in This Issue
- Editorial: Disciplinary Action
“How scientists share and reuse information is driven by technology but shaped by discipline.”
- Sham Journals Scam Authors
“Con artists are stealing the identities of real journals to cheat scientists out of publishing fees.”
- The True Cost of Science Publishing
“Cheap open-access journals raise questions about the value publishers add for their money.”
- The Dark Side of Publishing
“The explosion in open-access publishing has fuelled the rise of questionable operators.”
- Commentary: Beyond the Paper
“The journal and article are being superseded by algorithms that filter, rate and disseminate scholarship as it happens, argues Jason Priem.”
- Commentary: A Fool’s Errand
“Objections to the Creative Commons attribution licence are straw men raised by parties who want open access to be as closed as possible, warns John Wilbanks.”
- Commentary: “How to Hasten Open Access”
“Three advocates for a universally free scholarly literature give their prescriptions for the movement’s next push, from findability to translations.”
- Careers: Open to Possibilities
“Opting for open access means considering costs, journal prestige and career implications.”
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