The heading of this piece is also the title of a conference being held at the Centre for Publishing at University College London on 28-9 June. I'm doing the last session so you'll be able to enjoy the conference and still avoid me quite easily.

For in-depth discussions of publishing models in flux you can't do much better than Peter Brantley's personal blog. His latest posting on On scholarly communication and university presses is both intelligent and thought-provoking for both publishers and librarians - and it's garnered some interesting comments too.

Today sees the possibility of one of the great upsets in cricket (and sporting) history. If the West Indies score another 154 runs without losing five more wickets (they have scored 301 for the loss of five so far) they will record the highest ever score to win a test match in the history of the game. You can follow the action here from 11.00 a.m. UK time if you're not working. I am an England supporter (goodness knows why) but I, along with most of the cricketing world, would love to see the West Indies achieve this record. It would do wonders for the game as a whole and it would cheer the worldwide West Indian community.