“… Papers are still the coin of the realm, and they still have abstracts, titles, authors, and references. The PDF still rules. Author and reference lists are longer, but those are incremental changes. On the business front, large publishers are doing the best of all …” (more)
[Kent Anderson, The Scholarly Kitchen, 16 May]
“What is The Conversation? A new journalism project featuring content from the sharpest academic minds. The Conversation UK is launching as a pilot site, and we welcome your feedback …” (more)
[The Conversation, 16 May]
“Scholars continue to get more comfortable with e-only journals, and they increasingly get access to the material they want via digital channels, including Internet search engines as well as more specific discovery tools provided by academic libraries …” (more)
[Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education, 8 April]
“Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form information regarding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 5 March]
“For quite some time, I have been interested in/incensed by the scholarly publication system; the exclusions, iniquities and absurdities of it can be clearly seen from only a brief survey of the economic field …” (more)
[Martin Paul Eve, 9 January]
“A former sex columnist for CollegeTimes.ie has resigned from her position after accusing the site’s editors of tolerating sexism and homophobia …” (more)
[Catherine Healy, Trinity News, 4 September]
“As people may know I am among my other tasks a journal editor, editor of Research In International Business and Finance, published by Elsevier. And a fine journal it is …” (more)
[Brian M Lucey, 18 January]
“Everyone knows the publishing industry is made up of dinosaurs, but academic publishing is the Brontosaurus. Academic journals are slow, expensive, inaccessible and non-transparent. And there’s absolutely no reason they need to exist anymore …” (more)
[Jon Smajda’s Blog, 7 January]
