Princeton University Press has won the 2024 R.R. Hawkins Award for excellence in scholarly publishing for 'The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate' by Nicolas Mathevon—the second year in a row the press has taken honor home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Research and scholarly publishing again has a conference at London Book Fair, and 'Introduction to Rights' returns on the show's eve. The post London Book Fair Plans: Scholarly and Rights Conferences appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-20 14:09:40 UTC ]
In a Copyright Clearance Center discussion, two scholarly publishing experts share experiences with open access transformation. (Sponsored) The post Transition to Open Access: Tackling Complexity and Building Trust appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-10-19 10:52:04 UTC ]
From Plan S to the recently announced White House OSTP open access policy, scholarly publishers must navigate a rapidly shifting policy landscape Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The scholarly publishing company Springer Nature presents several events in environmentally relevant work at Hay. The post Springer Nature Beefs Up Its Hay Festival Programming Support appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-12 21:10:53 UTC ]
The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has launched a new careers hub for the scholarly publishing community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 05:43:24 UTC ]
Scholarly publishing is the bedrock of scientific communication worldwide. In the last couple of decades, we have seen scholarly publishing encountering both challenges and opportunities, much of these due to radical technological developments and new business models such as Open Access (OA). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among this week's headlines: libraries at the ballot box; Carla Hayden's big week; and a potential "reckoning" for scholarly publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Scholarly Kitchen looks at gender bias in scholarly publishing and peer review. And an IGI Global journal is newly indexed by Elsevier's Compendex. The post Researching Gender Bias in Peer Review; Indexing an Info Systems Journal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can self-publishing find traction in scholarly publishing as it has parts of general publishing? A recent panel at London Book Fair took up the question. The self-publishing platform Lulu has rolled out a service called Glasstree for scholarly authors. ‘Publishing Perspectives’ contributor... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
To coincide with Academic Book Week Brendan George, publisher for philosphy at Palgrave Macmillan, on the importance of scholarly publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the UK's newest university press, key points of campus-based publishing emerge: 'You’ve just got to be really clear about why you’re innovating.' The post Scholarly Publishing: The University of Bristol’s New Press Stands on Policy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Trade publishing seems mostly to have forgotten it even has a neighbour," says Alastair Horne in his #FutureBook15 manifesto. "Unlike the music and trade publishing industries, scholarly publishing went digital of its own volition, and kept control of its routes to market." Horne admonishes,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nine initiatives in scholarly publishing have been shortlisted for the 2015 Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Innovation in Publishing awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The former Elsevier CEO is the author of a new book, Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you are looking for an authoritative take on the history of the scholarly publishing business, there are few with more authority than John J. Regazzi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Book Fair (LBF), The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and The Publishers Association (The PA) are launching a new Scholarly and Research forum at LBF. The Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum, called “Access All Areas: Global Trends in Research... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shape of publishing continues to shift, but academic presses still face the perennial questions: audience, sales, course adoptions, a shrinking library market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
An online encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world sets a challenging precedent for scholarly publicationsAround a thousand years ago, an encyclopedia of knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean world was assembled. With 31,000 entries, the Suda is in part a dictionary of grammar, and in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]