A podcast in which I chat about the the possibilities of using citation data to develop new ways of mapping and recommending research. This is part of a new Chronicle series called AfterWord, which features reporters talking about stories they've worked on. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
Writing
“In Authors’ Suit Against Libraries, an Attempt to Wrest Back Some Control Over Digitized Works”
The Authors Guild, two foreign authors' groups, and a handful of individual authors sue the HathiTrust digital repository and five universities over the mass digitization of books. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“As Trial Date Is Set, Settlement Talks in Google Book Search Case Gain Momentum”
The headline overstates the situation, I think, but it looks as though Google and the publishers may reach some kind of deal in the Google Book Search lawsuit, while the company and the author plaintiffs remain further apart. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“New Forms of Reading and Publishing Take Center Stage at Ithaka Conference”
Speakers at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference in New York City focused on shared how to adapt spaces and texts to suit today's readers and users. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Libraries Abandon Expensive ‘Big Deal’ Subscription Packages to Multiple Journals”
Some U.S. research libraries say they can't keep footing the bills for broad access to journals from big commercial publishers like Elsevier and Wiley. I talked to a couple of libraries who've brokered new minideals" and how faculty members have reacted to reduced access (hint: better than feared)." Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
