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Roger Schonfeld

@rschon.bsky.social
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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. Organizational strategy for ITHAKA. Contributor at the Scholarly Kitchen. Former Ithaka S+R.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As ever on point @rschon.bsky.social! Reading abt next steps for rare materials digitization +access I'm feeling *so* good abt @jcblibrary.bsky.social's work. nb when I call cataloging ->digitzation workflow* my main achievment & they think I'm kidding. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/09/29/a...
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Are libraries prepared for the second digital transformation of distinctive collections?
Academic and research libraries, as well as public libraries, historical societies, and other organizations, hold extensive collections of rare and unique materials, such as archival and manuscript co...
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In a new @libraryjournal.bsky.social feature, @rschon.bsky.social shares how JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, with support from the Mellon Foundation, is bringing #libraries together to preserve, share, and expand access to distinctive collections. Read the full article: bit.ly/4w0P1Iv
Graphic with a dark red background and the JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services logo at the top. Large white text features a quote from Roger Schonfeld: “JSTOR Stewardship is not just a series of platforms and tools. We also want it to be a set of communities that are coming together for this purpose, and that’s a different kind of model.” Below the quote is a circular headshot of Roger Schonfeld, followed by the text: “Roger Schonfeld, Managing Director, JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services.”
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Also, it's not like this is the first time a tech company sought to "disruptively scan all the world's books." (Read Deanna Marcum & @rschon.bsky.social's Along Came #Google to see how that turned out: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...) #BookHistory #libraries #digitization 🗃️📜
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Distinctive collections deserve a more public future. @rschon.bsky.social's latest blog explores how JSTOR Stewardship is helping libraries and archives expand access to the original sources they steward with support from the Mellon Foundation. Read the blog: bit.ly/44rOCno
Graphic for a JSTOR Blog post titled “Catalyzing a more public future for distinctive collections: A new initiative within JSTOR Stewardship” by Roger Schonfeld. The design includes a red JSTOR corner mark and a black-and-white engraving of people working in a library.
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A researcher searches for a name and finds a document that reshapes their work. That kind of discovery depends on description. Item-level detail helps #archival records appear in search and connect to ongoing research. Read @rschon.bsky.social’s latest: bit.ly/3Qs3NsG
Red background with JSTOR logo and text reading: “Most library digital collections platforms today are not designed for discovery and access at the level today’s research environment demands. Digital collections frequently remain unnecessarily isolated from the research workflows, discovery practices, and preferred platforms embraced by scholars and students.” Below the quote: Roger Schonfeld, Managing Director, JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services.
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
As more #research happens in digital environments, discovery shapes how materials are encountered. @rschon.bsky.social reflects on what this means for libraries & archives, & how platform decisions contribute to the visibility and use of collections over time. Read more: bit.ly/3Qs3NsG
Patchwork quilt made of diamond-shaped fabric pieces arranged in a repeating geometric pattern. The quilt features a mix of worn and patterned textiles in muted tones, including florals, stripes, and solids, with visible stitching and signs of age.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Job opening here at ITHAKA's JSTOR: Digital Collections Curator, Reveal Digital, focusing on important cultural, social, and political histories, especially those that have been dispersed, under-described, or difficult to access at scale. Full job description: www.ithaka.org/job/46724530...
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Digital Collections Curator - ITHAKA
ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome barriers t...
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
arXiv is being spun out from Cornell University and is looking for an inaugural CEO. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678...
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Chief Executive Officer - New York City, New York (US) job with arXiv | 37961678
arXiv seeks its first CEO to champion open, free scientific discovery and guide the platform’s next chapter as an independent nonprofit.
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"The Purpose of Stewarding Distinctive Collections: Discovery and Impact" by Roger Schonfeld" (via @jstor.bsky.social) about.jstor.org/blog/the-pur... #libraries
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Ithaka S+R @ithakasr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
In 2026, we’re excited to welcome @martinkurzweil.bsky.social as the new managing director of Ithaka S+R. With over 20 years of experience, Martin brings a leadership and results-driven focus that will carry us forward to even further mission impact. Read more: sr.ithaka.org/blog/announc...
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Announcing New Leadership for Ithaka S+R - Ithaka S+R
I’m excited to announce a leadership transition that sets the stage for Ithaka S+R’s next era of impact. On December 31, 2025, Catharine (“Cappy”) Bond Hill will step down as managing director after n...
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Ithaka S+R @ithakasr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Announcing new leadership for Ithaka S+R. After 9 transformative years, Catharine Bond Hill will transition from managing director to senior advisor. We’re so grateful to Cappy for her incredible leadership, and thrilled that she’ll continue to contribute to our work. sr.ithaka.org/blog/announc...
Announcing New Leadership for Ithaka S+R.
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Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Hey look! My @ithakasr.bsky.social colleagues wrote a research report on the development of transferexplorer.org (which I'm the lead dev on so it's basically been my whole work life the past few years) : sr.ithaka.org/publications...
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From Concept to Campus - Ithaka S+R
This report tells the story behind Transfer Explorer—charting its design, pilot, launch, and ongoing improvements—to illuminate the decisions, and partnerships that made it possible and to highlight h...
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
NEW: Over the past two years, my JSTOR colleagues and I have been partnering with librarians & archivists to co-create a "collections processing tool"—a new kind of service that empowers practitioners to expand discovery & impact of distinctive collections at scale. about.jstor.org/blog/what-is...
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What is a collections processing tool?
Roger Schonfeld introduces the concept of a collections processing tool—a new, community-driven system that reimagines how special collections are described and discovered. With JSTOR Seeklight, this ...
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
How do transcripts transform discovery and access? In a new post, Syed Amaanullah shares how transcript functionality in JSTOR Seeklight helps institutions boost the impact of text-based collections while keeping human expertise at the center. Read more: bit.ly/3IMAVrH
Wide JSTOR quote graphic on a deep red gradient. Top-left: JSTOR logo and the heading ‘Digital Stewardship Services.’ Large white text reads: ‘Just as full-text search of journals on JSTOR transformed scholarship decades ago, we believe JSTOR Seeklight transcripts have the potential to transform the discoverability and impact of archival and special collections today.’ Attribution below: Syed Amaanullah, Senior Product Manager, ITHAKA.
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
In this @libraryjournal.bsky.social interview, Roger Schonfeld (@rschon.bsky.social), managing director of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, discusses how his team is helping libraries and archives manage backlogs, safeguard collections, and expand access. Read the Q&A: bit.ly/4nJVjJ9
Red JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services graphic with the headline “New Tools for Stewardship: Q&A with JSTOR’s Roger Schonfeld.” At right, a black-and-white scan of a handwritten letter and a small badge reading “Generate metadata with JSTOR Seeklight.”
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I'm incredibly grateful to @lisapeet.bsky.social of @libraryjournal.bsky.social for all the recent coverage of archives and preservation, including this interview with me about @jstor.bsky.social Digital Stewardship Services. www.libraryjournal.com/story/progra...
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New Tools for Stewardship: Q&A with JSTOR's Roger Schonfeld
Nearly all archival institutions, at every scale, holds a backlog of material awaiting processing. JSTOR’s recently created Digital Stewardship Services aims to address this situation with a next-gen ...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The @mellon.org‬ Foundation used a $700,000 grant to try to address a big problem for a small world—the growing abundance of academic journals and back issues. Three decades later @jstor.bsky.social‬ is a powerhouse, bringing in nearly $90 million in revenues. phlnthrp.com/4p1ABpd
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How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut
Early donors built JSTOR into a giant with more than $160 million in net assets. Now comes the AI challenge.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I am incredibly excited about our launch of @jstor.bsky.social Publisher Collections, which will dramatically increase access to scholarly monographs through an innovative new model based on tiered annual participation fees for both front-list and back-list books. about.jstor.org/blog/a-new-m...
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A new model for scholarly ebooks: Publisher Collections built with, and for, librarians and publishers, to serve readers today and tomorrow
A new nonprofit-led model from JSTOR offers libraries and publishers a more sustainable, equitable, and integrated ecosystem for scholarly ebooks.
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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"The archival field has been navigating the shift from bespoke, individualized practices to scalable, systemic solutions informed by field-wide, best practices/standards, all while contending w/ the on-the-ground realities of fragmented workflows+limited resources" about.jstor.org/wp-content/u...
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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Guest Post — What is the Current State of Academic e-book Business Models? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/14/g...
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Guest Post - What is the Current State of Academic e-book Business Models?  - The Scholarly Kitchen
A new report from Ithaka S+R assesses the current state of scholarly monograph publishing in humanities and social sciences disciplines in order to understand how current business models are functioni...
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Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models New Report 📚 sr.ithaka.org/blog/the-cur...
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The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models - Ithaka S+R
A year ago, with funding from the Mellon Foundation, we began assessing the state of scholarly monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences
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Coalition for Networked Information @cni-org.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The special issue, Networking Networks: A Festschrift in Honor of Clifford Lynch, guest edited by Joan K. Lippincott, is available as an open access supplement to portal: Libraries and the Academy via Project Muse 📔 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55108 We are grateful to all who made this tribute possible!
A photo of the cover of the special issue, "Networking Networks: A Festschrift in Honor of Clifford Lynch" and an image of Clifford Lynch
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"The original motivation for GetFTR came in response to a stark presentation by Roger Schonfeld at the Frankfurt STM meeting in 2015..." 1/ www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...
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Making access work in scholarly publishing - Research Information
Tracy Gardner reviews and celebrates five years of GetFTR’s cross-industry collaboration, interviewing the founding academic publishers
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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Shared infrastructure must activate the benefits of cross-institutional scale in ways that preserve and advance academic values without sacrificing innovation and agility. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/18/r...
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Reflections on Shared Infrastructure and Distinctive Collections
Roger Schonfeld reflects on lessons from more than 20 years conducting research and supporting the work of libraries, publishers, and the research enterprise.
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West Valley Genealogical Society @azwvgsorg.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Loved this! Shared infrastructure is the quiet hero of trustworthy research. JSTOR has set such a strong example, curious to see what’s next! What’s one collection you think deserves more spotlight right now?
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Ithaka S+R @ithakasr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
As @rschon.bsky.social takes on a role at @jstor.bsky.social Digital Stewardship Services, he reflects on 20 years of #research on libraries, scholarly communication, and distinctive collections at Ithaka S+R.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Insightful @rschon.bsky.social for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social this am on shared infrastructure-- looking back at JSTOR projects and what's ahead. So impt as distinctive collections become ever more valuable in a world of questionable content. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/18/r...
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Reflections on Shared Infrastructure and Distinctive Collections
Roger Schonfeld reflects on lessons from more than 20 years conducting research and supporting the work of libraries, publishers, and the research enterprise.
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🎉 We turn 30 this year! Join the conversation with longtime ITHAKA team member @rschon.bsky.social—recently named Managing Director of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services—as he reflects on JSTOR’s journey from its beginnings to today and what lies ahead on @jstordaily.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kNJX5P
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All Grown Up: JSTOR Turns Thirty - JSTOR Daily
What started out as an experiment in digitizing under-used scholarship blossomed into an invaluable online educational resource for students and faculty alike.
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Roger Schonfeld (@rschon.bsky.social) has long guided libraries, archives, & museums through change. We're proud to share he's now managing director of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. Please join us in extending our warmest congratulations and gratitude! Learn more: bit.ly/45xWXHD
Red graphic with white text that reads: “News. Roger Schonfeld named managing director of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services.” The JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services logo appears in the top left corner.
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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Libraries told us the challenges in digital collection stewardship—so we built a solution with our community. Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services:
A cloud-based platform integrating processing, digital asset management, preservation, and access. Read the announcement: bit.ly/4cjfr00
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Keith Webster @cmkeithw.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thanks to @ithakasr.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social for their work on these important issues.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Today, my colleagues and I at @ithaka-org.bsky.social are announcing the launch of @jstor.bsky.social Digital Stewardship Services -- a set of tools designed for libraries and archives to process and make discoverable the vast and growing collections that remain hidden from view. 1/
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Caleb Zakarin @calebzakarin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
"Ultimately, the transition beyond single title purchase models for ebooks seems to be picking up, suggesting a sort of second digital transformation for the monograph..." @rschon.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/19/s...
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A Second Digital Transformation for Scholarly Monographs?
Today, Roger Schonfeld examines several key drivers transforming the monographs marketplace and reflects on strategic opportunities ahead.
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Keith Webster @cmkeithw.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A Second Digital Transformation for Scholarly Monographs? - great piece by @rschon.bsky.social via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/19/s...
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A Second Digital Transformation for Scholarly Monographs?
Today, Roger Schonfeld examines several key drivers transforming the monographs marketplace and reflects on strategic opportunities ahead.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Today, Molecular Connections announced that it has purchased Morressier. My analysis is in the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social this morning. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/29/m...
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Molecular Connections Buys Morressier
Molecular Connections has purchased Morressier. Analysis from Roger C. Schonfeld.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Constructive and disturbing reflections about the extent of fraud and misconduct in the Alzheimer's field, which has surely slowed progress to treatment and prevention, at enormous human cost. Science needs to be trustworthy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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Opinion | The Long Shadow of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research (Gift Article)
Fraud in research needs to end.
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David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Phil Davis's post in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social today makes the point that having a vague and unenforced data availability policy is perhaps worse than having no policy at all. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/17/d...
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Does Altering A Dataset Merit Retraction? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Self-archiving on personal sites is perfectly permitted under many journal data policies. But what happens when an author alters the underlying data?
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Shout out and gratitude to @rouhiroo.bsky.social for tweeting (skying?) #APE2025 - thank you!
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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
@rschon.bsky.social "we're not going to talk article atomization -- separating all the relevant bits and making them FAIR. Nothing is inevitable just bc it's possible -- discussion will focus on focus that could drive change/stability" #APE2025
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I fear that publishers are not able to give enough focus to ensuring trust and integrity in the scientific record, nor are they prepared to incorporate research security policy implications adequately into product strategy. #APE2025 #APE25
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Caroline Sutton, STM Association CEO, gave the opening keynote here at Academic Publishing in Europe. She spoke about key strategic, policy, and tech developments from the past twenty years and what is coming next for scholarly publishing.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
"More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI... The agreement includes substantial discounts on ... APCs [and] and a flat-fee model that enables institutions to precisely plan expenses" www.mdpi.com/about/announ...
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Over 100 German Universities Partner with MDPI in New National Agreement
More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated...
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David Crotty @dacrotty.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Big news and more market consolidation, Sage Acquires the Scientific and Medical Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. home.liebertpub.com/news/sage-ac...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers | News
News - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biotechnology a...
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Diana Kwon @dianakwon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Scholarly publishers are licensing their content to train LLMs. For @natureportfolio.bsky.social, I wrote about a tracker that @rschon.bsky.social and team made to catalogue these deals—and some of the early trends they're observing. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Publishers are selling papers to train AIs — and making millions of dollars
Generative-AI models require massive amounts of data — scholarly publishers are licensing their content to train them.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Internet Archive is not pursuing an appeal to the Supreme Court for Hachette. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Internet Archive Copyright Case Ends Without Supreme Court Review
Officials at the nonprofit have decided against exercising their last option, an appeal to the Supreme Court, ending the closely-watched case over the scanning and lending of library books.
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
For regular updates about the work across our whole team here at Ithaka S+R, please follow @ithakasr.bsky.social
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
From the NAS president: "Although scientists must never shirk their duty to provide the foundation of evidence that can guide policy decisions..., they must avoid the tendency to imply that science dictates policy. It is up to elected officials to determine policy" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Science is neither red nor blue
Long before the 5 November US presidential election, I had become ever more concerned that science has fallen victim to the same political divisiveness tearing at the seams of American society. This i...
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The State of the Humanities sr.ithaka.org/blog/reflect... @ithakasr.bsky.social
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The State of the Humanities - Ithaka S+R
From the end of World War II through approximately 1980, this country’s market-driven system of higher education has been praised for its accessibility, What is the current state of humanities educati...
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Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...
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How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
For those new to Bluesky, here's a starter pack of current (and former) Scholarly Kitchen Chef accounts you may wish to follow. go.bsky.app/6Q7pwT6
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