May 25, 2021
Chris Triggle and co-authors, in the closing paragraph of their [excellent article on research metrics](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08989621.2021.1909481): > Considering the wider publishing landscape, [Brembs...
May 20, 2021
An important [commentary](https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/kp81ylos/) from the [Knowledge Futures Group](https://www.knowledgefutures.org) leads responsible for [PubPub](https://www.pubpub.org) and the [Underlay](https://www.underlay.org), reacting to...
May 13, 2021
From a [sobering new post on SciDev.Net](https://www.scidev.net/global/features/open-access-excludes-developing-world-scientists/): > [F]or many researchers in the developing world, who do not have a grant or an institution to cover the fees, the open access system...
May 12, 2021
From the superb, just-released [COPIM report on collective funding models](https://zenodo.org/record/4501512#.YJvzSC_3afA), which interviewed academic librarians: > According to some of our respondents, the funds potentially available to support library membership...
May 12, 2021
Emily Farrell, [in a Scholarly Kitchen post](https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/05/12/guest-post-scaffolding-a-shift-to-a-values-driven-open-books-ecosystem/): > Monographs, by their nature as specialized texts, often see low usage. Scholarly publishers are...
