Category Archives: Publishing Issues and Trends

Subscribe to Open (S2O): An Interview Post in Two Parts

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Eric Maki

Today on the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Scholarly Kitchen blog, in the first of a two-part series, AMS Associate Executive Director for Publishing Robert Harington interviews publishing and library community experts on the pros and cons of the Subscribe to … Continue reading →

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Copyright, Creative Commons, and Confusion

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Nicola Poser

This post by Robert Harington originally appeared on The Scholarly Kitchen blog; access the original post here. Robert Harington is Associate Executive Director, Publishing at the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Robert has the overall responsibility for publishing at the AMS, … Continue reading →

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Culture, Conventions and Publishing in Math

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Nicola Poser

When should mathematics students begin publishing in research journals? The publication resumes of many graduate students in recent years are impressive.  It is not unusual for a student to have several refereed journal articles before getting a PhD, and these … Continue reading →

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Personal webpages as publications

Posted on August 30, 2016 by admin

Thanks to those of you who commented on my previous post on ebooks. This conversation brings home to me that what will drive substantial math ebook innovation (apart from simply making existing math books readable on electronic devices) will be … Continue reading →

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Books: Hard Copy or E-?

Posted on August 10, 2016 by admin

How important are e-books for math?  I always start a blog with one question, and end up asking many more. People according to their personality, their intentions, limitations and environments read differently.   Even when there were only hard copy books, … Continue reading →

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