On May 21, 2010, Daniel J. Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt posted the following provocative questions online:
Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society?
As recently as the mid-2000s, questions like these would have been unthinkable. But today serious scholars are asking whether the institutions of the academy as they have existed for decades, even centuries, aren t becoming obsolete. Every aspect of scholarly...
On May 21, 2010, Daniel J. Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt posted the following provocative questions online: