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aria-label="visualization (6 items)">visualization</a> </div> </div> <div class="js-ajax-frame"> <section class="post-list"> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2014">5 Mar 2014</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Gender role literacy: Girls in science?</a></h4> </div> <p>There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">9 Dec 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin</a></h4> </div> <p>Crowdsourcing can build virtual community, engage the public, and build large knowledge databases about science and culture. But what does it take, and how fast can you grow? For some insight, we look at a crowdsourced history site: Historypin is an appealing database of historical photos, with dates, locations, captions, and other metadata. It’s called History <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">18 Nov 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Dinovember: Creative literacy starts young</a></h4> </div> <p>“Uh-oh,” Refe Tuma heard his girls whisper. “Mom and Dad are not going to like this.” It’s Dinovember, and his family’s plastic dinosaurs have been getting into mischief all month. Every year, Tuma and his wife devote the month of November to “convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Read more</a> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <main role="main" id="main"><div id="twocolumns" class="full_width"> <div class="container default_page"> <div class="twocolumns-holder"> <section id="content" class="ajax-container"> <div class="title"> <h1>Tag: publishing</h1> </div> <div class="post-4167 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-learning tag-amazon tag-audience tag-books tag-culture tag-fanfic tag-free tag-harry-potter tag-publishing tag-selling" id="post-4167"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/06/05/what-is-fan-fiction/" rel="bookmark">What is fan fiction?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/06/05/what-is-fan-fiction/" rel="bookmark">June 5th, 2013</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4177" alt="Fan fiction" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fan-fiction-008-150x90.jpg" width="150" height="90" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fan-fiction-008-150x90.jpg 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fan-fiction-008-240x144.jpg 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fan-fiction-008.jpg 460w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Who owns art and culture? Does it belong to the artist? The legal property owner? Or the society that loves and appreciates it? Traditionally, old art is considered public, and new art is copyrighted. Anyone can write a new twist on Romeo and Juliet, or mashup the Mona Lisa with a mustache. But what if Harry Potter opened a lemonade stand? Or Luke Skywalker had a twin bother? <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/06/05/what-is-fan-fiction/#more-4167" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What is fan fiction?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/06/05/what-is-fan-fiction/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/amazon/" rel="tag">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/fanfic/" rel="tag">FanFic</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/harry-potter/" rel="tag">Harry Potter</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/selling/" rel="tag">selling</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-4015 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-learning tag-access tag-android tag-apps tag-books tag-free tag-ios tag-mobile tag-publishing" id="post-4015"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/11/12/what-is-a-dictionary-and-how-are-they-changing/" rel="bookmark">What is a dictionary? And how are they changing?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/11/12/what-is-a-dictionary-and-how-are-they-changing/" rel="bookmark">November 12th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-96898090/stock-photo-purebred-english-bulldog-puppy-and-book.html"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4026" title="Bulldog on a dictionary" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/shutterstock_96898090-150x102.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="102" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/shutterstock_96898090-150x102.jpg 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/shutterstock_96898090-240x163.jpg 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/shutterstock_96898090-545x371.jpg 545w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/shutterstock_96898090.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Imploded by the same forces that have disrupted the broader publishing industry, the dictionary business struggles to get a grip on the online/mobile world. “Our research tells us that most people today get their reference information via their computer, tablet, or phone” <a href="http://www.macmillaneducation.com/MediaArticle.aspx?id=1778">said Stephen Bullon</a>, Macmillan Education’s Publisher for Dictionaries, “and the message is clear and unambiguous: the future of the dictionary is digital.” <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/11/12/what-is-a-dictionary-and-how-are-they-changing/#more-4015" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What is a dictionary? And how are they changing?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/11/12/what-is-a-dictionary-and-how-are-they-changing/#comments">4 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/android/" rel="tag">Android</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/apps/" rel="tag">apps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ios/" rel="tag">iOS</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3855 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-learning category-technology tag-access tag-itunes tag-pdf tag-publishing" id="post-3855"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/readcube/" rel="bookmark">ReadCube brings sanity to sci article pricing, plus easier management</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/readcube/" rel="bookmark">October 10th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3856" title="readcube" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-10-at-6.31.54-PM-150x48.png" alt="" width="150" height="48" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-10-at-6.31.54-PM-150x48.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-10-at-6.31.54-PM.png 231w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Science journal subscriptions can cost libraries several thousand dollars a year, yet most institutions members only make use of a few articles from each of these journals. The huge subscription expenses limit how many journals each school or company can carry. Even single article pricing can be staggering, at $30-50 each. <a href="http://www.labtiva.com/about">Sinisa Hrvatin</a>, a doctoral candidate at Harvard, and his roommate Robert McGrath believe they have a better way. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/readcube/#more-3855" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ReadCube brings sanity to sci article pricing, plus easier management">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/technology/" rel="category tag">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/readcube/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/itunes/" rel="tag">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/pdf/" rel="tag">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3752 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning tag-access tag-costs tag-creative-commons tag-data tag-open-access tag-open-textbook tag-peer-review tag-publishing" id="post-3752"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/05/11/new-highered-open-textbook-catalog/" rel="bookmark">New higher-ed open textbook catalog from UMinn</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/05/11/new-highered-open-textbook-catalog/" rel="bookmark">May 11th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3756" title="UM Open Academics" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-11-at-11.34.26-AM-150x61.png" alt="" width="150" height="61" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-11-at-11.34.26-AM-150x61.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-11-at-11.34.26-AM-240x99.png 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-11-at-11.34.26-AM.png 322w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Open textbooks are receiving a potential boost by an ambitious new, organized peer review project organized by the University of Minnesota. The average college student suffers with <a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/04/23/university-open-source-textbooks/">$1,000 or more</a> in annual textbook costs; however, if more professors adopt open textbooks, higher education will become more affordable. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/05/11/new-highered-open-textbook-catalog/#more-3752" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading New higher-ed open textbook catalog from UMinn">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/05/11/new-highered-open-textbook-catalog/#comments">3 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/access/" rel="tag">access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/costs/" rel="tag">costs</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/creative-commons/" rel="tag">Creative Commons</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-access/" rel="tag">open access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-textbook/" rel="tag">Open textbook</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/peer-review/" rel="tag">peer review</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2636 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-strategy tag-e-book tag-free tag-national-academies-press tag-pdf tag-publishing" id="post-2636"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/02/how-did-national-academies-press-make-pdfs-free/" rel="bookmark">How did National Academies Press make PDFs free?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/02/how-did-national-academies-press-make-pdfs-free/" rel="bookmark">June 2nd, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2640" title="NAP" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-3.20.11-PM.png" alt="" width="176" height="32" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-3.20.11-PM.png 176w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-3.20.11-PM-150x27.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px" />All publications from the <a href="http://www.nap.edu/">National Academies Press</a> (NAP) are now available for free as PDFs. NAP is the publishing arm of the <a href="http://www.nationalacademies.org/">National Academies</a>, and publishes 200+ books a year on topics in science, engineering, and health.</p> <p>Making the PDFs free is the culmination of a decade of research and sales modeling on how to finance a nimble publishing house with paid print books, with enough spare revenue to allow free release of electronic books. Here’s the evolution:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2661" title="NAS Books available as free PDFs" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-11.07.19-PM.png" alt="" width="471" height="196" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-11.07.19-PM.png 471w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-11.07.19-PM-150x62.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-11.07.19-PM-300x124.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px" /><br /> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/02/how-did-national-academies-press-make-pdfs-free/#more-2636" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading How did National Academies Press make PDFs free?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/02/how-did-national-academies-press-make-pdfs-free/#comments">3 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/e-book/" rel="tag">E-book</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/free/" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/national-academies-press/" rel="tag">National Academies Press</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/pdf/" rel="tag">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2182 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-learning tag-collection-management tag-content-management tag-data tag-online-access tag-publishing" id="post-2182"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/collection-management-systems-museums-and-the-web-2011/" rel="bookmark">Collection management systems: Museums and the Web 2011</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/collection-management-systems-museums-and-the-web-2011/" rel="bookmark">April 7th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2184" title="mw2011" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-07-at-1.30.56-AM.png" alt="" width="261" height="55" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-07-at-1.30.56-AM.png 261w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-07-at-1.30.56-AM-150x31.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px" />Museums and archives manage information about their collections, facilitate interdepartmental communication, and make collections available to the public using <em>collection management software</em>. Here’s a rundown of the collection management systems being <a href="http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/exhibits">exhibited</a> at Museums and the Web 2011… <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/collection-management-systems-museums-and-the-web-2011/#more-2182" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Collection management systems: Museums and the Web 2011">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/collection-management-systems-museums-and-the-web-2011/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/collection-management/" rel="tag">collection management</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/content-management/" rel="tag">content management</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-access/" rel="tag">online access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-1110 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management category-learning tag-advertising tag-data tag-journals tag-open-access tag-open-access-journal tag-publishing tag-study" id="post-1110"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/04/fees-and-other-business-models-fund-open-access-journals/" rel="bookmark">Author fees and other business models fund open access journals</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/04/fees-and-other-business-models-fund-open-access-journals/" rel="bookmark">April 4th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1950" title="OA biz models" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-01-at-7.09.43-PM.png" alt="" width="133" height="77" />Open access means that readers have free access. But who pays for the operational costs of running a publication? Often it’s the authors, though there are several common business models.</p> <p>How much are authors paying? What do they think about it? And what are some other business models to sustain journals and other kinds of digital content? <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/04/fees-and-other-business-models-fund-open-access-journals/#more-1110" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Author fees and other business models fund open access journals">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/04/fees-and-other-business-models-fund-open-access-journals/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/advertising/" rel="tag">advertising</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/journals/" rel="tag">journals</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-access/" rel="tag">open access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-access-journal/" rel="tag">open access journal</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/study/" rel="tag">study</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-303 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-content-management tag-dissemination tag-publishing" id="post-303"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2006/05/02/publishing-hassles-organizing-managing-your-site/" rel="bookmark">Publishing hassles? Organizing & managing your site</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2006/05/02/publishing-hassles-organizing-managing-your-site/" rel="bookmark">May 2nd, 2006</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Finding a sensible and sustainable way to provide web site visitors with fresh information is crucial. A mobile Guernsey, such as Minnie, is not a sensible way to distribute fresh milk. To be effective, educational projects need to find a sensible and sustainable method of disseminating fresh information to users. Educational projects have a wealth</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2006/05/02/publishing-hassles-organizing-managing-your-site/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/content-management/" rel="tag">content management</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/dissemination/" rel="tag">dissemination</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/publishing/" rel="tag">publishing</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2025 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>