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D-Lib Magazine
September/October 2013
Volume 20, Number 9/10
Table of Contents
Editorial
Science, Publishing, and Digital Libraries (Again)
Laurence Lannom
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
llannom@cnri.reston.va.us
doi:10.1045/september2013-editorial
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The five articles in our September/October issue were all presented at the 2nd International Workshop on Mining Scientific Publications, which was held in conjunction with JCDL 2013. We published a similar issue in 2012, which was well received, and are pleased to follow up with another set. Again, the articles cover a range of topics. Our guest editors, Knoth, Zdrahal, Freire, and Muhr, provide a brief introduction to the individual articles and to the issue as a whole and divide the articles into two categories: metadata extraction from articles and analysis of publication patterns to illuminate certain aspects of the larger research environment. We also have a conference report from Open Repositories 2013, which fits fairly nicely with the rest of the issue, as the theme of that conference, 'Use, Reuse, Reproduce' also addresses the topic that seems to be everywhere — the urgency of finding new approaches and new roles for existing players in the conduct of science as it relates to data collection and archiving, data use and reuse, and scientific publication.
The timing of this issue happens to exactly coincide with the start of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Second Plenary in Washington, DC. The rapid growth of this organization is part of the 'urgency' that I see in the area of science, data, and publication, all of essential interest to the digital library community and readers of this magazine. We will be publishing more about this organization in the near future. Part of the Plenary will be available online in real time. See the RDA website (https://www.rd-alliance.org) for details.
About the Editor
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Laurence Lannom is Director of Information Services and Vice President at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), where he works with organizations in both the public and private sectors to develop experimental and pilot applications of advanced networking and information management technologies.
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