by Jonathan H. Harwell, Georgia Southern University
At ACRLog, Bonnie Swoger of SUNY Geneseo tells us why some students are interested in impact factors, h-indexes, etc., and points to a manifesto on altmetrics.
David Streitfeld of The New York Times brings us the story of Amazon’s deals with authors (including Penny Marshall’s autobiography in print & electronic formats), bypassing publishers.
And on Collection = Connection, Steven Harris at the University of New Mexico kindly shares a template for faculty resolutions in support of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge.
Leah was appointed Executive Director of the Charleston Conference in 2017, and has served in various roles with the Charleston Information Group, LLC, since 2004. Prior to working for the conference, she was Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions for the College of Charleston for four years. She lives in a small town near Columbia, SC, with her husband and two kids where they raise a menagerie of farm animals.
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