- A new development in scholarly publishing scams. According to this post, in addition to predatory publishers, authors should be on the look out for companies selling fake metrics. If you need help evaluating a journal prior to publishing or with calculating citation metrics contact MSK Library. (Hat tip to Donna Gibson)
- IEEE Tech Talk has an item about creating 3D printed model hearts based on MRI scans of patients to help doctors. (Thanks to Marina Rosenfield)
- This report in the NY Times says ebook sales have slipped and projections that print would be doomed may have been too hasty. (Spotted by Sylvie Larsen)
- Two items this week about adblockers reports that they allow companies to pay for exemptions (Thanks again to Donna Gibson), and a very interesting report on ad-blockers and ethics from Note-to-Self (the full story is 23 minutes and very worthy of a listen in my opinion).