Category Archives: Publishing
A Digital Bookshelf for Your Journals
Thanks to the folks at Welch Medical Library, everyone at JHU now has access to a cool iPad app called Browzine. Download it, choose Johns Hopkins from a list of schools, and start reading! Browzine lets you browse digital journals; … Continue reading
The Further Adventures of the Digital Humanities
We told you last year about the hot, new field in humanities research, the Digital Humanities, or DH for short. Well, in the past 12 months, it hasn’t cooled off in the least! Sessions on DH at this year’s MLA … Continue reading
The Writing Life
If you’re a professional writer, you probably think a lot about how to get your work under the eyes of readers. You may weigh the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing—using a service like CreateSpace on Amazon—against traditional publishing. (With self-publishing, … Continue reading
A Busy February for Open Access
On 2/22/13, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum with the subject: Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research. This memorandum from the executive branch directs federal agencies spending more than $100 million … Continue reading
JH Libraries Open Access Promotion Fund
Way back in October, 2012, during Open Access Week, the Scholarly Communications Group announced an initiative to help JHU authors publish their articles in Open Access journals. Now we need your help (yes, you!) to spread the word. Only 9 … Continue reading
The Best Health Care Business Blogs & Newsletters
There’s no doubt about it. The JHU libraries provide you with an impressive collection of print and e-resources for researching all aspects of health care from a business perspective–tops among which is our Business Research Guide. But sometimes you want … Continue reading
Will the Real Dr. Jones Please Stand Up?
Are you tired of searching for yourself in Google Scholar, Scopus, or Academic Search Complete and finding other people who share your family name? This is a serious problem for researchers, whose reputations rest on their publication history. Many researchers … Continue reading
Why Aren’t All Journals Available Online?
We are always getting questions about why some journals are available online and some are not. Some of the comments from a recent library survey requested that we get “…..all journals online” or “….access to even more PDF journal articles.” … Continue reading
New Things, More Ways: Learning How to Live in the E-Book World
In the tangled world of e-books, there are lots of lessons to be learned. Readers are learning: That an e-book you bought this week may not be available for purchase next week That there are fake e-books around and that … Continue reading
Why You Should Sign the Open Access Petition
I want you to sign a petition asking the White House to make research articles supported by government funds freely available online. Even though they have reached the magic 25,000 mark (this guarantees a response from the Administration), they’d like … Continue reading