Much has been written lately about the rush to quickly make new coronavirus research available to the medical community, government agencies, and the concerned public. Recent news and analysis ranges from scholarly publishers working together to maximize the efficiency of peer review, to a demand for conclusiveness against an “infodemic” of both accurate and inaccurate guidance, to our own observations that preprints and media attention are driving rapid publication like never before.
Across most levels of education, students now expect learning experiences to be broadly in-line with their fast moving, digitally native, on-the-go lifestyles. And the pressure to cater to this need and deliver learning in a dynamic way is something which educational institutions feel on a daily basis.
Every year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, there is a buzzword or phrase that continues to pop up on panels, in articles, and in conversations and meetings. In the past, we have seen ‘big data’ and ‘blockchain’ dominate the headlines, but this year’s buzz word (or acronym) was ‘AI,’ as publishers, information professionals, service providers, and the media debated how this technology can be used in the industry.
