The literature of creativity describes the heroic pathways of discovery and invention. You know the stories: The post-it note and Swiffer to the music of Dylan and the art of Monet. These creations form the heart of gripping non-fiction accounts that provide a narrative around the individual achievements and miraculous inspirations that have delivered disruptive new ideas and technologies….
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The Evolution of Scholarly and Information Metrics
In my previous role as Head of Scholarly and Library Futures at Jisc, I agreed to contribute a chapter to a new book by Andy Tattersall on Altmetrics (Altmetrics: A practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics) from Facet Publishing. Now that the book is published, I thought it worthwhile posting my piece, in full, on…
A Reading List for 2016
I read some great books in 2015, both fiction and non-fiction. My highlights include: David Graeber’s Utopia of Rules, Julia Blackburn’s Threads: The delicate life of John Craske and Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves But, I always have a long list of books I want to read; my reading to-do list. So, I thought I would begin to…
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