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Buy the Batch
An ebook series puts old scholarly papers in front of new readers. Scott McLemee thinks it's a model worth emulating.
Stop Blaming Professors
Study finds that the more students engage with faculty members and academics, the more their political views moderate. Student activities are what appear to encourage those already leaning left or right to tilt further.
The 19-Year-Old Startup
After 19 years as an auxiliary of the Stanford University Libraries, the technology company HighWire Press spins off.
Becoming Freud
A new book considers the founding father of psychoanalysis as self-made man. Scott McLemee has a look.
Rhetoric of a Global Epidemic
How we communicate about disease can have consequences for prevention and treatment. Scott McLemee consults a new book on a recent epidemic.
For the Birds
As Princeton University Press transitions from print to digital products, will it soar in its foray into the app market?
JOI to the Library
A new metric for journals ranks them by open access. Scott McLemee checks the index.
New Book, New Allegations
A professor accused and cleared of intentional plagiarism has been accused again, this time for his new book. His defenders say the real issue is that the allegations are being made anonymously.