New Special Issue of Nature Focuses on Future of Scientific Publishing; Includes Articles About Libraries and Open Access
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“The journal and article are being superseded by algorithms that filter, rate and disseminate scholarship as it happens, argues Jason Priem.”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.”
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Interviews, Jobs, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing

About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.