Happy Labor Day: Workin' Man Blues

Labor Day weekend in America traditionally marks the end of the summer. As well as sending a signal that it’s no longer appropriate to wear white (unless you happen to be Coco Chanel), the holiday is meant to celebrate the social and economic achievements of American workers. We’ll be taking Monday off, and to get you in the right mood, here’s one of the all time greats, Merle Haggard’s “Workin’ Man Blues”.

David Crotty

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David Crotty is a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. Previously, David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.