The stakeholders involved (Sun Microsystems, the International DOI Foundation, R.R. Bowker, and elite U.S. universities) reflect a closed circle of influential Western institutions....Read more
These rapporteur notes focus on high-level summary of the talks and points raised during the discussion on Nov. 28, 2024. The second half of the report describes the activities of the day and includes observational notes by the publisher who acted as a participant observer.Read more
This is the application proposal submitted to the call for experimental books by COPIM in early 2024.Read more
Database as Book is an experimental publishing project that reimagines what a scholarly book can be when built as a living, collaborative database. The project seeks to support new forms of scholarly communication that are open, dynamic, and rooted in local contexts. This...Read more
A comparison between the ARK system and the DOI makes their contrasting design logics unmistakably clear. ARK is built on the principle that knowledge should function as a public good—...Read more
I used these slides during the 2025 Radical Open Access Conference to speak about the "Database as Book" project.Read more