If you work in a society or association, you probably have a great portfolio of publications that are expertly managed. For many of you, however, there will be one publication that is too often overlooked. Isn’t it about time you made it work for you? I’m talking about your membership magazine or newsletter. Every society […]
The Impact of Covid-19 on the UK Publishing Industry
Research with UK publishing leaders reveals the dramatic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on all aspects of UK publishing. Research conducted with publishing leadership during the first stages of the Coronavirus pandemic in May and June shows widespread impacts across the publishing industry, with industry leaders reporting deep financial, sales and operational challenges as a […]
Answer These Five Questions to Ensure an Effective Research Integrity Strategy
One of the many roles of a scholarly publisher is to ensure the integrity of the research published in its journals. Often, it is only after an article is published and a reader spots an issue that the journal editor and publisher become aware of the problem. It seems obvious that there must be ways […]
Publishers are underinvested in core operating systems
Recent Interview with Senior Associate, Nancy Roberts knk recently interviewed publishing consultant, Nancy Roberts as part of knk’s continuing series of interviews with thought leaders serving the book publishing industry and its supporting communities. Ms. Roberts is the Founder and CEO at Umbrella, a technology firm that employs data intelligence to help businesses materially accelerate […]
How do you get to Cambridge? Well I wouldn’t start from here.
Fiona Murphy sums up APE 2016 I attended this year’s APE conference in Berlin on behalf of a project I’m working on for Jisc, the Jisc Publications Router, so I wanted to catch up with vendors, publishers and members of the STM community face to face, and give them a quick overview of the project. […]
New paper in Learned Publishing by Fiona Murphy
The January 2016 Issue of Learned Publishing includes an article by Fiona Murphy; An update on peer review and research data. The paper examines technological advances in the amounts of data that researchers generate and use, and the subsequent problems for the scholarly communication system. How, when and by whom should quality checks and assurance […]
Data, Analytics and Analogue Teaching, a view from the 2016 BETT exhibition
Fresh from the world’s largest exhibition of educational technology at BETT, Jon Williamson shares his thoughts on the show… BETT is the largest shows of the year in the educational technology sector, and always a fantastic barometer for the state of the industry. I have a particular interest in Data Analytics and Assessment so I’m […]