How can a university press survive and flourish when faced with constant technical change and increasingly monolithic commercial competition? In this interview, Allison Belan, Director for Strategic Innovation and Services at Duke University Press, describes her 20+ years with Duke, and …
Rosenberg and Grafton’s Cartographies of Time (2010) is a lovely book to look at. It has an elegant design, and is illustrated in four colour throughout. Most of the timelines mentioned are …
Helen Bischoff gave a fascinating and inspiring presentation at the last Charleston Conference: how the library can become an active learning hub. Helen, who is liaison coordinator at the University of Kentucky. As a follow-up, I talked with her to find …
Timelines are so ubiquitous, we take for granted how they work, and we assume they have always been around. Clearly, there is a need for a historical perspective, as …
If you thought being a librarian was just licensing content and shelving books, then think again. Stacey Greenwell, of the University of Kentucky Library, is redefining the role of a librarian at every turn, blending instructional design, IT, and practical research …
Libraries and publishers interact all the time, but how can a library communicate its vision for scholarly publishing? We all know about the limitations of current metrics for journal publishing: all too often the much criticised journal impact factor is used, …
If you are seeking a sense of tradition, here was where to find it. This year’s Fiesole Retreat was held at the University of Tübingen, founded by Eberhard the Bearded, no less, in 1477, although the Alte Aula, the conference room, …
This fascinating one-day event, at Imperial College, London, looked at failure from many angles. Speakers included established professors, writers, publishers, as well as early career researchers, on what failure means, …
One unexpected aspect of digital publishing is the increasing misuse of links. Instead of explaining something, writers are increasingly turning to hyperlinks, saying, in other words, that I don’t need to explain this term – …
Universities spend considerable time and money trying to measure research influence, but do those metrics truly capture scholarly value? I talked with Rachel Miles, research impact coordinator at Virginia Tech Libraries, to find out …
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