In today’s academic library world, there are scores if not hundreds of companies offering every possible kind of solution for cataloguing, displaying and making the library’s holdings discoverable. However, some of these are very expensive; and, as Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library points out, few willContinueContinue reading “How to make your publications more discoverable: tips from Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library”
Category Archives: Academic Publishing
Changing sides: From Library to Publisher
In the academic publishing world, every now and again you meet librarians who have moved across to work for a publisher, or vice versa. We wondered about their motivations and experiences, so we decided to talk to some of them. Tash Edmonds Please give us your name and describe your role. Tash Edmonds, Senior BookContinueContinue reading “Changing sides: From Library to Publisher”
Audiobooks – more than just a trend?
Audiobooks have been the fastest growing area in consumer publishing, but also in academic publishing they are becoming more and more popular. Undoubtedly the market leader is Amazon’s “Audible” but other audio services like Spotify, Audiobooks.com and various eBook vendors also offer audiobook programmes and some publishers distribute audiobooks on their own ebook platforms orContinueContinue reading “Audiobooks – more than just a trend?”
Finding the truth: Fake News and Academic Publishing
“Fake News” was the “word of the year” in 2017 (according to Collins Dictionaries). It was a buzz-phrase that sprang up the information sector in 2016, when the US presidential election acted as a catalyst. Its importance is increasing in a world where the extent of democracy and true freedom of speech varies hugely acrossContinueContinue reading “Finding the truth: Fake News and Academic Publishing”
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