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Guest Post – Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing: Are We Moving Faster Than the Evidence?

Today’s guest blogger reflects on why the next phase of AI adoption needs more evaluation, collaboration, and human judgment.

Reflecting on HSS Publishing as Informa Plans to Separate Taylor & Francis

Big changes are afoot, particularly for the HSS parts of scholarly publishing, as Informa announces its intention to separate Taylor & Francis. Roger Schonfeld reflects on the possible mechanisms and some potential ramifications

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Courage to Feel: Why Discomfort Is Not the Enemy

Today’s post explores the relationship between avoidance, attention, and healing, suggesting that psychological discomfort is not simply an obstacle to overcome, but a signal to understand.

#DefendResearch and PEN America Present… Word Wipe!

Today’s Fun Friday post introduces a new anti-censorship tool — Word Wipe allows you to see what a world redacted of words banned by the US government looks like.

Guest Post – Do Not Go Gentle: Duke University Press Turns 100

As Duke University Press celebrates its 100th year, we take some time to reflect on our history and the important role played by university presses.

TRACE Project Launches to Advance AI interoperability

The community comes together to launch TRACE, a project to improve generative AI systems’ interoperability, verifiability and usage tracking.

Research Integrity in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report

Today, we take a dive into the results of SSP’s latest Pulse Check Survey, revealing how our community is grappling with research integrity and its interconnected challenges.

The Representation Is Not the Scholarship

The problem with AI may not be that machines are growing more intelligent. It may be that we are becoming increasingly skilled at amplifying a highly capable, but limited form of cognition.

Ask the Chefs: What Would You Have Done Differently About Open Access/Open Science if You Predicted the World as it Exists Today? Part 2

Let’s continue our “Ask the Chefs” conversation about what they might do differently with their open access strategy if they knew then what they know now.

Ask the Chefs: What Would You Have Done Differently About Open Access/Open Science if You Predicted the World as it Exists Today? Part 1

Today, we “Ask the Chefs” to consider what they might do differently with their open access strategy if they knew then what they know now.

Guest Post — Medical and Health Data Sharing Policies Need Specific Guidance: New STM Recommendations Aim to Help

STM has released voluntary recommendations to help journals and publishers clarify data sharing guidance for medical and health science researchers, where privacy, regulation, and ethics make generic policy language especially hard to apply.

Are Libraries Prepared for the Second Digital Transformation of Distinctive Collections?

Academic and research libraries, as well as public libraries, historical societies, and other organizations, hold extensive collections of rare and unique materials, such as archival and manuscript collections. These materials form an essential part of humanity’s cultural and historical record, and they are the vital source material for many humanistic fields. I believe that a second digital transformation is at hand for distinctive collections. How can library leaders establish a strategy for their distinctive collections that is fit for purpose today?

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Guest Post – Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing: Are We Moving Faster Than the Evidence?

Reflecting on HSS Publishing as Informa Plans to Separate Taylor & Francis

Guest Post – Do Not Go Gentle: Duke University Press Turns 100

TRACE Project Launches to Advance AI interoperability

Research Integrity in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report

The Representation Is Not the Scholarship

Ask the Chefs: What Would You Have Done Differently About Open Access/Open Science if You Predicted the World as it Exists Today? Part 2

Ask the Chefs: What Would You Have Done Differently About Open Access/Open Science if You Predicted the World as it Exists Today? Part 1

Guest Post — Medical and Health Data Sharing Policies Need Specific Guidance: New STM Recommendations Aim to Help

Are Libraries Prepared for the Second Digital Transformation of Distinctive Collections?

Guest Post — Integrity First: Inside Ukraine’s Publishing Reforms

Guest Post — Six Ways to Close the Attribution Loop in Publishing

Microbiology Society Selects KGL PubFactory for Journal Hosting and Publishing Platform

Silverchair Launches Multi-Publisher MCP Pilot, Expanding Access to Research from Independent Publishers

KGL and Thad McIlroy Partner to Launch KGL AI Academy – The Future of Publishing