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Becoming A Bestseller
For a memoir from a First Lady, Michelle Obama’s Becoming is in a league of its own.
Plan S… The Story So Far
At STM Week in London, CCC’s Chuck Hemenway will moderate a panel asking what lies ahead in Open Access publishing
Best of BTB: Inside Independent Publishing
IBPA is making its voice heard in a new podcast series
RA21: Corporate Pilot Outcomes and Recommendations
In today’s distributed network environment, IP authentication has outlived its useful life. When attempting to access subscribed content and other resources while off-site or on off-network mobile devices, many end-users can find themselves shut out.
A Private Eye in The Library
“There’s a limit to what you can find online. In investigative work, what’s missing is where your risk is. That’s why we also do courthouse record searching, or we may do in-person or phone interviews. It’s for the human touch – the things you can’t find online.”
2018 National Book Awards Announced
The National Book Awards are more diverse than ever, and they are younger, hipper, more edgy and more current.
How Blockchain Might Open The Rights Management Black Box
Why do we need a black box? If we expect accountability and accuracy and we want to make sure that money is going to the right people, we need to eliminate that box and introduce a level of transparency
Publishing Salary Survey Finds Gender Gap Persists
For 2018, average annual salary for men in publishing rose slightly to $87,000. However, average annual salary for women is only $60,000—a $27,000 gap.
Global Voices For Workplace Equity
Setting policy is one thing. But if your own line manager doesn’t understand or doesn’t interpret these things in the way the company intends, then your own experience is very, very different from others around you.