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Today’s post is the first of two in which we look at the state of persistent identifiers and what they mean for publishers—to coincide with the first meeting, on June 21, of the new UK Research Identifier National Coordinating Council (RINCC) and publication the same day of a Cost Benefit Analysis Report, funded by the…

How much jargon is too much jargon? The post Jargon appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

As many organizations are navigating reopening of offices and a hybrid work environment, Silverchair shares their process and learnings over recent months. The post Guest Post — Designing for Hybrid Work: The Silverchair Story appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Lots of things are wrong with paying for peer review, according to Tim Vines and Alison Mudditt in the recent R2R conference debate The post What’s Wrong with Paying for Peer Review? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Danielle Cooper and Roger Schonfeld analyze OverDrive's purchase of the streaming video platform Kanopy. The post A Media Empire for the (Public) Library? OverDrive Acquires Kanopy appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The crises that US universities are producing in cities are intensifying as fast as others they face. An interview with Davarian Baldwin, author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower. The post What Universities Have Wrought: An Interview with Davarian Baldwin appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Mark Rober, who built a backyard obstacle course for squirrels during the early days of the pandemic, is back with an even more elaborate challenge. The post The Great Squirrel Heist appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

A look at BioASQ -- an annual competition to develop AI systems to help drive medical progress. The post Guest Post — BioASQ for the Win: Inside the Healthiest Competition You’ve Never Heard Of appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

What does it actually mean to read digitally? Revisiting a 2018 post in light of the ongoing, pandemic-fueled drive to digital. The post Revisiting: Dear Reader, Are You Reading? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

In today's post, Angela Cochran revisits her call to provide more editorial scrutiny to journal article references. Several new automated tools now available will help editors determine whether references are appropriate for including in scholarly works. The post Revisiting: Turning a Critical Eye on Reference Lists appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.