Here is an eclectic list of recent publications that includes an editorial in a local newspaper in Steamboat Springs, CO; a report in the NY Times on academic conferences and journals;  a SPARC primer on article level metrics; a presentation made at the ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference; and a white paper sponsored by [...]

The Big Roundtable Rethinks The Editorial Model For Long-Form Journalism, Hits Its Kickstarter Goal  is an article in TechCrunch  that discusses a new long-form journalism startup called The Big Roundtable.  The new start-up the brain child of  Michael Shapiro a professor at the Columbia School of Journalism.  Rather than the common practice [...]

Oxford University librarian is SACKED after students do the Harlem Shake in her prestigious library

Evidently, senior staff members at St. Hilda’s, a 120-year-old Oxford University College, are incensed that students disrupted the quiet of the library by filming themselves doing the Harlem Shake, the latest dance craze and posting it on Read More... →