http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org ScholarlyKitchenhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/eJboL6CMdQs/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/20/high-noon-a-publisher-threatens-to-lunch-a-criminal-case-against-librarian-critic/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:42 +0000 Rick Anderson http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32489 Another publisher sues a librarian for opinions expressed on a blog. This time, the publisher is demanding $1 billion in damages and $10,000 for having to write the threatening letter in the first place. <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/20/high-noon-a-publisher-threatens-to-lunch-a-criminal-case-against-librarian-critic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org&#038;blog=2979803&#038;post=32489&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=eJboL6CMdQs:XiElErSNOs8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/eJboL6CMdQs" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/20/high-noon-a-publisher-threatens-to-lunch-a-criminal-case-against-librarian-critic/feed/ 4 planxty Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/20/high-noon-a-publisher-threatens-to-lunch-a-criminal-case-against-librarian-critic/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/PKKvLGSSilQ/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/17/talking-sense-the-myth-of-job-creators-and-why-taxing-the-rich-helps-everyone-including-the-rich/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:30:28 +0000 Kent Anderson http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32414 The limits of tax breaks for the rich and the myth of "job creators" are examined in this excellent TED Talk. <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/17/talking-sense-the-myth-of-job-creators-and-why-taxing-the-rich-helps-everyone-including-the-rich/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org&#038;blog=2979803&#038;post=32414&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=PKKvLGSSilQ:KgOqJa-ATyI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/PKKvLGSSilQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/17/talking-sense-the-myth-of-job-creators-and-why-taxing-the-rich-helps-everyone-including-the-rich/feed/ 8 Kent Anderson Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/17/talking-sense-the-myth-of-job-creators-and-why-taxing-the-rich-helps-everyone-including-the-rich/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/M2T2-1ugCw8/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/16/are-we-in-a-rut-explaining-the-increasing-homogenization-of-scholarly-and-scientific-publishing/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:30:13 +0000 Kent Anderson http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32402 The Internet promised a revolution, but we may have only deepened our rut as a number of factors have combined to constrain innovation and change our customer focus. <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/16/are-we-in-a-rut-explaining-the-increasing-homogenization-of-scholarly-and-scientific-publishing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org&#038;blog=2979803&#038;post=32402&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=M2T2-1ugCw8:CgGhOjo56qU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/M2T2-1ugCw8" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/16/are-we-in-a-rut-explaining-the-increasing-homogenization-of-scholarly-and-scientific-publishing/feed/ 8 Kent Anderson Speed limit sign on the Chicago elevated. 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Happy listening! <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/15/announcing-the-scholarly-kitchen-podcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org&#038;blog=2979803&#038;post=32260&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=5bAsepN2G2Y:V43llzTvXLg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/5bAsepN2G2Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/15/announcing-the-scholarly-kitchen-podcast/feed/ 3 Kent Anderson sk podcast Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/15/announcing-the-scholarly-kitchen-podcast/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/yOb2E1CcpJ4/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/14/signal-distortion-why-the-scholarly-communication-economy-is-so-weird/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 09:30:57 +0000 Rick Anderson http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32389 Incomplete signals in the scholarly publishing marketplace create problems for every participant. 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PLoS should explain the situation to all its shareholders. <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/13/plos-stakeholders-and-shareholders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org&#038;blog=2979803&#038;post=32410&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=RJav8LoLlyE:x2zCbGV6w8s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/RJav8LoLlyE" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/13/plos-stakeholders-and-shareholders/feed/ 22 jesposito Scales of Justice - Frankfurt Version Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/13/plos-stakeholders-and-shareholders/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/E6zb8sFEtJk/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/10/the-limits-of-crowdsourcing-in-the-scientific-disciplines/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 09:30:42 +0000 David Crotty http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=31991 Social networking and crowdsourcing have attributes that may make them both incompatible with the goals and process of science. Can we accept that? <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/10/the-limits-of-crowdsourcing-in-the-scientific-disciplines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org&#038;blog=2979803&#038;post=31991&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=E6zb8sFEtJk:f3yYeXVehg0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/E6zb8sFEtJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/10/the-limits-of-crowdsourcing-in-the-scientific-disciplines/feed/ 22 David Crotty English: at Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/10/the-limits-of-crowdsourcing-in-the-scientific-disciplines/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/bJtDtmXgfIw/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/09/businessman-closes-product-community-enraged-the-death-of-tools-of-change/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 09:30:37 +0000 David Smith http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32369 When a popular and iconic product is ended, the outrage doesn't match the pragmatism and agility we all espouse. 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