Mastodawn

Metadata is part art, part science. Crossref is nearing 2 billion citation links — and more than half of those cited DOIs came from automated matching. New blog on how #scholarly #metadata gets enriched: https://doi.org/10.64000/h6w1v-r1017

Crossref Mar 13

📢 Crossref and @DOAJ renew partnership
Together we're focusing on sustainable and equitable #scholarly infrastructure, improving #metadata quality, and expanding support for journals in low- and middle-income countries. Nearly 90% of DOAJ journals are already represented in Crossref.

Full announcement: https://doi.org/10.64000/87w4t-1ed12

Gay Curmudgeon Feb 22

A perfect day to spend around the fire, reading books for Black History Month. #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #readingblackhistory #celebrate #celebration #learning #scholarship #scholarly #beloved #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #thewarmthofothersuns #theireyeswerewatchinggod #invisibleman #thecolorpurple #kindred #the1619project #thefirenexttime #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX #civilrights #equalrights #marchforequalrights

Ralph Hogaboom Jan 23

OK, finished the paper. Excellent work, hats off to Boston U School of Law, and Hartzog & Silbey. It's fetching that a paper on the dangers of AI resembles a steam train; slow to get started, but with eventual and unstoppable inertia.

Plus now I want to read Putnam's "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community". Warning to my #strongtowns peeps, prepare to be annoyed with my new single minded focus

#criticism #scholarly #paper #schoolOfLaw
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5870623

How AI Destroys Institutions

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies

Ralph Hogaboom Jan 23

"The stakes are as high as they come, including the vitality of public education and supportive, livable neighborhoods. Functioning hospitals, thriving religious and civic organizations, regular participation in community gatherings and municipal hearings, and reliable local businesses are cornerstones of civic life."

Holy shit, well said.

#strongtowns #genAI #howAIDestroysInstitutions #criticism #scholarly #paper #schoolOfLaw #civic

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5870623

How AI Destroys Institutions

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies

Ralph Hogaboom Jan 23

What a banger:

> We should not be complacent about AI’s effect on attitudes to, and capacities for, knowledge acquisition, and on the willingness to take intellectual risks.

#howAIDestroysInstitutions #genAI #criticism #scholarly #paper #schoolOfLaw

#boston #universityoflaw #WoodrowHartzog #JessicaMSilbey

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5870623

How AI Destroys Institutions

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies

N-gated Hacker News Jan 11

📚 🤔 Look, a "scholar" trying to decipher a #Swiss #hotel manager's #sci-fi fantasies from the 60s! Spoiler alert: it's still #nonsense, just with fancier #footnotes. 🏨🛸
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/scholars-will-call-it-nonsense/ #manager #scholarly #analysis #1960s #HackerNews #ngated

Expedition Magazine | “Scholars Will Call it Nonsense”

<p>In 1968 an obscure Swiss hotel manager published a book entitled Erinnerungen an die Zukunft. An English edition appeared under […]</p>

Expedition Magazine

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS Dec 12

#Editors, etc., if you're involved in #scholarly #publishing, I urge you to complete upcoming #polls about the field that the Society for Scholarly Publishing will conduct: https://tinyurl.com/34e5mzwj . Results will be shared on their blog, The Scholarly Kitchen ( https://tinyurl.com/ukppkruu ). First poll, open till Dec. 12, 2025, is about #AI.

New “Pulse Check” Program to Capture Timely Insights from the Scholarly Communications Community

We are excited to announce the launch of Pulse Check, a new polling initiative designed to gather timely, actionable insights from across the scholarly communications community. Each Pulse Check poll will consist of 5–6 focused questions, along with optional demographic …

SSP Society for Scholarly Publishing