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How what seems like magic can be explained with a little math. The post The Fine Line Between Math and Magic appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

A new book explores how biases and broken systems get built into technology products and platforms. The post Book Review: “Technically Wrong,” by Sara Wachter-Boettcher appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Predicted to radically consolidate STM journals, the OA megajournal has found a successful niche market. The same can be said for MOOCs. The post Future of the OA Megajournal appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Elsevier is often thought to the be enemy of libraries, but Elsevier's practices have in fact improved libraries' situation, including lowering the prices for scientific article. The post Why Elsevier is a Library’s Best Friend appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Library discovery can only succeed in reaching a high market share if it is intensely user-centered. Articulating user-centric principles for discovery has enabled the University Library to Illinois to evolve a discovery environment that meets the needs of its community of users. The post Discovery Should Be Delivery: User-Centric Principles for Discovery as a Service…

Meet our newest Chef, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. The post Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Something fun to do as you suffer through a colder than usual spell. The post The Upside of Bitter Cold: Frozen Soap Bubbles appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The challenges posed to record labels by Napster in the late 1990s and early 2000s resemble those posed by Sci-Hub to scholarly publishers today. But which of those resemblances are real, and which are misleading? The post Napster vs. Record Labels, Sci-Hub vs. Publishers, Part 2: Differences appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The challenges posed to record labels by Napster in the late 1990s and early 2000s resemble those posed by Sci-Hub to scholarly publishers today. But which of those resemblances are real, and which are misleading? The post Napster vs. Record Labels, Sci-Hub vs. Publishers, Part 1: Parallels appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Research workflow providers can be expected to lock in researchers and universities to their products through a variety of tactics. This piece provides an overview of what is meant by lock-in and a taxonomy of approaches that may be pursued. The post Workflow Lock-in: A Taxonomy appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.