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A Heavy Twenty from Year One

Looking back, here are 20 essays that I think proved important and enduring

NLM to Pilot the Indexing of Preprints

It's a move that seems to further erode the importance of peer-review

Can a Preprint Claim a "Claim"?

The epistemological question is answered in other areas, and suggests not

The Health Information Wars Heat Up

Google buys FitBit, Facebook moves into health, and Amazon keeps pressing its advantages

Interview: Marla Bobowick on Governance

An oft-overlooked aspect of organizational success, governance demands attention

"Deadspin" Falls After an Uprising

A major story of the past year is how information employees are showing moral backbone

Moral & Social

Vacated and diminished, these roles actually more important and necessary than ever

Cautions Around "Subscribe to Open"

It seems unlikely to scale because of a few key factors — on both the buy and sell sides

Interview: Michael Spinella of TAA

Members of Textbook & Academic Authors Association are important translators of scholarship and science

Nobody Cares . . . and That's OK

We behave as if society cares about what we do. They don't, and that's a good thing.