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By jdupuis on April 14, 2012.
  • The Emergence of a Citation Cartel
  • Ask the Chefs: "What's the Biggest Elephant in the Room?"
  • Review: "How Economics Shapes Science," by Paula Stephan
  • Interview with Paula Stephan -- Economics, Science, and Doing Better
  • Maxing out the curve on ebook adoption
  • Everything you need to know about today's e-book lawsuit in one post
  • Are Apps The Future of Book Publishing?
  • UKSG conference: Libraries: enacting change (libraries as leaders in altmetrics)
  • The BRIGHT Future of Libraries - a Rant
  • Culture Change for Learning
  • E-Books: What Next?
  • Authors use Kickstarter to begin new publishing company
  • Dear Consumers Who Apparently Think the Current Drama Surrounding eBooks is Like a Football Game
  • The library as interface to public space and public self
  • Netiquette, Shmetiquette? (how academics treat each other online)
  • The Death of the Lecture
  • Crowdfunding's Next Frontier: Academic Research?
  • Think Like A Startup: a white paper to inspire library entrepreneurialism
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