Friday Song: “Evil Woman”

Written to fill a gap, this song became ELO's first worldwide hit.

Is ALPSP Missing an Opportunity?

Learned Publishing will go OA — perhaps as a way for ALPSP to get more subscriptions . . .

SPARC’s Anvil on the Scale

More than a decade of direct evidence shows that SPARC has been a major resource and influence of US government access policies

The Greed of the Old

Scott Galloway takes on the selfishness of our generation, and the one preceding us.

Song: “I Should Have Known It”

A powerful guitar riff and singer combine to melt your ears with this one

Reinventing the Wheel

The reinvention of the scholarly publishing wheel continues, adding steps, staff, and costs

Persistent Low Percentages

Support for OA and preprints remains low among researchers and academics — even a generation later

Our Anachronistic Algorithms

Algorithms almost killed an author by recycling 30-year-old hatred — and that's just the latest

Friday Song: “Blinding Lights”

A record-setting hit that harkens back to '80s synth-pop — yet feels so fresh

Preprints — It’s Going to Get Worse

Dozens of documented scandals around preprints, and things are about to get a whole lot worse unless changes are made.