http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Sat, 25 May 2013 13:15:28 +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/y__p-7-Xw2w/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/24/authors-rule-a-proposed-consumer-reports-of-journals-written-by-the-suppliers/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:39 +0000 Kent Anderson http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32496 A proposal for a community site to review author experiences at various journals suggests the need for a new player in the trust economy of journals. <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/24/authors-rule-a-proposed-consumer-reports-of-journals-written-by-the-suppliers/">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=32496&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=y__p-7-Xw2w:nn1JLslnMWw: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/y__p-7-Xw2w" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/24/authors-rule-a-proposed-consumer-reports-of-journals-written-by-the-suppliers/feed/ 21 Kent Anderson Better Business Bureau logo. 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Is it possible to embrace open access with some restrictions? <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/23/cc-bye-bye/">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=32579&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=8y9FDW44OMs:u1Jm7LdqXqg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~4/8y9FDW44OMs" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/23/cc-bye-bye/feed/ 33 Phil Bye Bye Birdie (Wikipedia) Caption here Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/23/cc-bye-bye/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/VbPBZzNz6E4/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/22/merger-the-consolidation-wave-hits-two-publisher-associations/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:52 +0000 Todd A Carpenter http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32564 Consolidation among publishers has been a trend for more than 30 years. Mergers may be gargantuan, such as the announcement last fall of Random House and Penguin, or they may be very small. Mergers and acquisitions have taken place across all segments of our industry, from trade publishers, to society publishers, press initiatives, and even &#8230; <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/22/merger-the-consolidation-wave-hits-two-publisher-associations/">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=32564&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=VbPBZzNz6E4:BZvdv9vLFAI: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/VbPBZzNz6E4" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/22/merger-the-consolidation-wave-hits-two-publisher-associations/feed/ 0 toddacarpenter Perspective with 1 merger point Enhanced by Zemanta http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/22/merger-the-consolidation-wave-hits-two-publisher-associations/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyKitchen/~3/ZMksERTrAnU/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/21/populism-vs-activism-encountering-limitations-in-the-age-of-online-petitions-and-signatures/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:28 +0000 Kent Anderson http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=32527 We're officially in the age of online petitions, which may be taking the place of actual activism. Is that an improvement? <a href="http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/21/populism-vs-activism-encountering-limitations-in-the-age-of-online-petitions-and-signatures/">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=32527&#038;subd=scholarlykitchen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ScholarlyKitchen?a=ZMksERTrAnU:qBNAzAiCNeI: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/ZMksERTrAnU" height="1" width="1"/> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/05/21/populism-vs-activism-encountering-limitations-in-the-age-of-online-petitions-and-signatures/feed/ 1 Kent Anderson Million man march, Washington DC, 1995 - great... 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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/ 63 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/ 9 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/ 10 Kent Anderson Speed limit sign on the Chicago elevated. 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