Cites & Insights 14:4 available

[Walt Crawford]

he April 2014 issue of Cites & Insights (volume 14, issue 4, whole #
172) is now available for downloading at
http://citesandinsights.info/civ14i4.pdf

The print-oriented two-column edition is 22 pages.

Those reading online or on a tablet may prefer the 6x9" single-column
version, which is 41 pages long, at
http://citesandinsights.info/civ14i4on.pdf

This issue includes two essays:

Intersections: Ethics and Access 1: The Sad Case of Jeffrey Beall (pp. 1-14)

The saga of Jeffrey Beall going from self-appointed investigator into
"predatory" open access publishers and journals (and, notably, only OA
journals) to ludicrous analyst of serials pricing and the reasons for
OA--and beyond that to denouncing OA and its advocates? It's an odd
story, and my version includes some really good ideas on avoiding
sketchy journals (mostly from a notoriously worthwhile pseudonymous
feathered library type) without buying into vigilantism.

The Middle: Forecasts and Futurism (pp. 14-22)

After skipping a year, it's time for another set of forecasts
(short-term predictions) and futurism (long-term "predictions"),
including some thoughts on the whole trendspotting game.

Does that number in the title of the first essay suggest something?
Why, yes, it does--probably two things, one of them almost certain to
appear in the May 2014 issue, and involving another "B."

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2014-03-01