Category Archives for Online University Press
Conference Paper: “News Verification Suite: Towards System Design to Supplement Reporters’ and Editors’ Judgements”
The News Verification Suite aims to provide users with a set of functions to verify information in the news. This paper offers a conceptual basis and a vision of system elements towards automated fact-checking in news production, curation, and consumption. … Continue reading
Research On Dark Data Analysis To Reduce Data Complexity In Big Data
There is one portion of data within a main data source which is not in regular use but it can help in decision making. This portion is known as “Dark Data”. It is important to find solutions such that dark … Continue reading
APA Refocuses Pilot Program Aimed At Curtailing Unauthorized Publication Of Journal Articles
The American Psychological Association announced on June 15th that it is targeting online piracy websites and not individual authors in its efforts to curtail the unauthorized sharing on the internet of articles published in the association’s journals. Read More
Now Available: “Academic Book of the Future Project Report” (Final Project Outputs)
The two documents linked below were recently released. They are the final two outputs of the Academic Book of the Future Project. Read More
The Library of Congress Launches Two New Collections of Archived Web Content: Webcomics Archive and Web Cultures Archive
The two new archives focus on new genres and emergent cultures enabled by networked technologies, and are ongoing collections. Read More
Apple undercuts Facebook in the augmented reality platform war
Facebook may be the world’s most powerful app, but it’s still just an app on Apple’s operating system. Apple has once again used its control of the mobile operating system to build a wider platform than Facebook can, this time … Continue reading
What I learned from predatory publishers
Predatory publishers use the gold (author pays) open access model and aim to generate as much revenue as possible, often foregoing a proper peer review. The paper details how predatory publishers came to exist and shows how they were largely … Continue reading