When the University of Michigan was forced to disconnect from the internet last week, it resulted in disruptions to several key services it provides to the broader research community, such as the University of Michigan Press, HathiTrust, and ICPSR. What can we learn from this experience?
The post Shared Infrastructure and the Recent Downtime at the University of Michigan appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Revisiting a post from 2017: Several services aim to gather all publications comprehensively. Who has all the content?
The post Revisiting: Who Has All The Content? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Today, Clarivate has installed Bar Veinstein as president for Academic and Government, a move that should bring renewed focus to the product portfolio, writes Roger C. Schonfeld.
The post Will New Clarivate Leadership Yield a Renewed Focus on Its Products? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
In this moment of success for open access advocacy, Roger C. Schonfeld proposes that the academic library not take responsibility for implementing open access mandates. The first of several scenarios we will consider.
The post Is the Library Responsible for Open Access Compliance? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Much of the scholarly publishing sector has already experienced a flight to scale. Today, Roger Schonfeld asks: Is a major consolidation among humanities and social sciences publishers coming next?
The post Will Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Consolidate? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
The OSTP Nelson Memo has caused quite a stir in scholarly communication circles. Today, Roger Schonfeld asks, how will academia handle the zero embargo?
The post How Will Academia Handle the Zero Embargo? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Silverchair, which provides vital digital infrastructure for the publishing sector, will remain independent (for now, at least) as a result of new majority ownership by private equity.
The post Keeping Publishing Infrastructure Independent appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Revisiting a 2017 post looking at how, due to the slowing growth of content licensing, sophisticated content providers are building businesses supporting researcher workflow and university business processes.
The post Revisiting: When is a Publisher not a Publisher? Cobbling Together the Pieces to Build a Workflow Business appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Today, Judy Verses starts as Elsevier’s President for Academic and Government, completing CEO Kumsal Bayazit’s market-based leadership structure for platform-driven corporate strategy.
The post A Reorganization at Elsevier appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Elsevier intends to acquire Interfolio, the provider of researcher career management services. This deal could offer a lift to Elsevier in its competition with the new Clarivate — if Elsevier can integrate Interfolio effectively.
The post Elsevier to Acquire Interfolio appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Today, Roger Schonfeld interviews Martha Sedgwick, SAGE’s vice president for Product Innovation, about its recent acquisitions and strategic directions.
The post SAGE’s Strategic Investments: An Interview with Martha Sedgwick appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Today, Roger C. Schonfeld argues that Clarivate’s acquisition of ProQuest, which was completed last week, is another second-order consequence of open access.
The post The New Clarivate Science: A Second-Order Consequence of Open Access appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Roger Schonfeld argues that openness and politicization together have enabled public trust in science to erode. And science is insufficiently trustworthy. The scholarly communication sector must not ignore this situation.
The post Is Scientific Communication Fit for Purpose? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Today we feature an interview with Darrell W. Gunter, the editor of a new book on Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI.
The post Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI: An Interview with Darrell Gunter appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
Clarivate to Acquire ProQuest: analysis by Roger Schonfeld
The post Clarivate to Acquire ProQuest appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.