Course readings: an evolving landscape
For many years now the ways in which students at higher education institutions have accessed their course readings has developed swiftly, writes David Duffield
April / May 2017
Critical thinking in a post-Beall vacuum
For many years, Jeffrey Beall single-handedly fought his own (often controversial) battle against ‘predatory’ publishers, mostly via his ‘Scholarly Open Access’ blog (AKA Beall’s…
Exposing peer review
When Nature launched a trial of open peer review in June 2006, its editors and publishers felt peer review was ‘never perfect’ and the…
Putting the customer first
Tell us about your background and previous career... I started my career in sales for Xerox, which formed a strong early bias that the…
Professional feedback is important data
You never stop growing professionally in the scholarly communications industry, writes Meredith Adinolfi
Building the library of the future
Predicting the future is notoriously difficult, writes Keith Webster
Picture perfect
Researchers will often tell you that the most challenging part of publishing their work is coming up with an article abstract. Having to summarise…