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Readcube Desktop, Michael Hughes
Readcube Desktop, Michael Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
ReadCube Desktop is a free-to-download file and reference manager that competes with Papers, Mendeley, and Zotero, among others. Many of its predecessors’ features are replicated in a sleek and lightweight interface from which researchers can manage PDFs, search Google Scholar and PubMed, and annotate documents. But ReadCube is distinguished by its ability to enhance eligible papers with clickable in-line references, a figure browser, and other ways to engage with formerly static PDFs. In attempting to simplify research management, however, ReadCube overcompensates, removing a feature for each it adds. The lack of collaboration features, in particular, makes ReadCube a program ill-suited …
Peerj, Michael Hughes
Peerj, Michael Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
PeerJ is the Open Access (OA) publisher of a biomedical journal, also called PeerJ. In addition to its peer-reviewed flagship, it runs a preprint server, PeerJ Preprints, to which authors can submit draft, incomplete, and final papers for informal peer review, and to establish precedent. The company’s chief innovation, however, is a novel if untried business model: extending to authors lifetime publication privileges in exchange for a one-time fee. This strategy adheres to the basic formula of fee-based Gold OA in that an upfront charge pays for the operations of the journal. PeerJ diverges from its predecessors in that it …
American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide, Michael Hughes
American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide, Michael Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
No abstract provided.
When Data Curation Isn’T: A Redefinition For Liberal Arts Universities, Megan Toups, Michael Hughes
When Data Curation Isn’T: A Redefinition For Liberal Arts Universities, Megan Toups, Michael Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
Data curation is one way that libraries are extending traditional services to meet the changing needs of patrons. Requirements from research funders have placed increased pressure on grant recipients to create Data Management Plans and to securely store raw data. Research universities have stepped up to provide comprehensive data support services. Despite discrepancies in funding and staff, smaller institutions can similarly provide robust services by focusing on their strengths, such as interdepartmental collaboration, flexibility, and rapid turnaround time. This article details how librarians at Trinity University adapted the larger practice of curation to meet local data management needs.
Historical Dictionary Of Scandinavian Cinema [Book Review], Michael Hughes
Historical Dictionary Of Scandinavian Cinema [Book Review], Michael Hughes
Michael J. Hughes
No abstract provided.