The Number of Scholarly Documents on the Public Web
The number of scholarly documents available on the web is estimated using capture/recapture methods by studying the coverage of two major academic search engine...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Reproducibility, Correctness, and Buildability: the Three Principles for Ethical Public Dissemination of Computer Science and Engineering Research
« We propose a system of three principles of public dissemination, which we call reproducibility, correctness, and buildability, and make the argument that cons...
Library-as-Publisher: Capacity Building for the Library Publishing Subfield
« The role of publisher is increasingly assumed by academic and research libraries, usually inspired by campus-based demands for digital publishing platforms to...
Publishing Education in the 21st Century and the Role of the University
« Publishing education arose in the 20th century in response to a need for trained employees in a stable industry with a well understood set of competencies and...
Teaching an Old University Press Publisher New Tricks: Living in the Present and Preparing for the Future of Scholarly Communications
« University presses currently exist in the dual worlds of print and digital publishing. Current staffing needs require that they hire personnel with skills and...
Why Do We Still Have Journals?
« The Web has greatly reduced the barriers to entry for new journals and other platforms for communicating scientific output, and the number of journals continu...