[GOAL] Re: ‘It is all a bit of a mess’ – observations from Researcher to Reader conference

Dear Bernard, Sure, if you want to replace a publisher oligopoly by a Google monopoly, and secretive Twitter and Facebook algorithms to fill your content feeds, go ahead. I favor diversity, using a variety of tools, and I attach importance to actively consume content, next to passively consuming

[GOAL] Re: ‘It is all a bit of a mess’ – observations from Researcher to Reader conference

Dear Dietrich, In the nowadays full fledged Internet era, circulation is ensured by web search engines, particularly with the younger generation. Publisher-based circulation (of digital articles) is linked directly to branding. As long as branding remains the criterium of choice for research

[GOAL] [EIFL-all] EIFL Newsletter January - February 2016

Having problems reading EIFL Newsletter? Please click here January - February 2016 In this issue we share results of an

[GOAL] Re: ‘It is all a bit of a mess’ – observations from Researcher to Reader conference

Dear Danny, Interesting points, which I mostly agree with. However, I can not agree with "Dissemination is no longer the value added offered by publishers. Anyone can have a blog. The value-add is branding". Sure, I can open blog, without any technical skills, within 5 minutes on wordpress.com,

[GOAL] ‘It is all a bit of a mess’ – observations from Researcher to Reader conference

Dear all My observations from this week’s Researcher to Reader conference are now available as a blog https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=539 A taster: “It is all a bit of a mess. It used to be simple. Now it is complicated.”