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Guest Post: GDPR Day Is Here – What Happens Next?
May 25, 2018 at 5:30 am

Organizations have been busy sending out opt-in notices and privacy policy updates, but how many will be "compliant"? Anne Stone discusses the consequences for innovation in scientific research, openness initiatives and data transparency. The post Guest Post: GDPR Day Is Here – What Happens Next? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Guest Post: MLA InSight – A Constructive Forum Emerges
May 24, 2018 at 5:30 am

Steven Heffner and Shalu Gillum present the results of the first MLA InSight Summit, an innovative new forum helping libraries and publishers find common ground. The post Guest Post: MLA InSight – A Constructive Forum Emerges appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Libraries Face a Future of Open Access
May 23, 2018 at 5:30 am

Libraries and legacy publishers are in an unholy embrace. They need not love each other to feel they should stick together. The post Libraries Face a Future of Open Access appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Are Library Subscriptions Over-Utilized?
May 22, 2018 at 5:30 am

Lisa Hinchliffe asks, if the true value is of a subscription is being obscured by over-utilization, should libraries seek to dampen such excess in order to have more appropriate measures of the real value of a subscription? The post Are Library Subscriptions Over-Utilized? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Journals Lose Citations to Preprint Servers
May 21, 2018 at 5:30 am

Why do authors continue to cite preprints years after they've been formally published? The post Journals Lose Citations to Preprint Servers appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Peer Review – Authors and Reviewers – our “North Star”
May 16, 2018 at 5:30 am

Robert Harington suggests that publishers need to do more for researchers to help authors, and to help reviewers understand their role as a reviewer and be recognized for their work. We need to tackle implicit bias in peer review. We need to focus on our “North Star” The post Peer Review – Authors and Reviewers…

Why Was Springer Nature’s IPO Withdrawn?
May 15, 2018 at 5:30 am

In Springer Nature's "botched" IPO, did the market see it as one of the publishers at risk of being left behind by real innovation in scholarly communication and research workflow? The post Why Was Springer Nature’s IPO Withdrawn? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.