Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen: Lettie Conrad

I’m delighted to announce the addition of a new voice in The Scholarly Kitchen, Lettie Conrad. Lettie is an independent publishing consultant, has in the past worked for SAGE and NISO, and was recently named the North American Editor for Learned Publishing. Kitchen readers may already be familiar with Lettie, as she has authored two guest posts for us in the past (here and here). Both posts take a look at the user experience, understanding how researchers interact with our publications and other products. Given the recent revelations about Sci-Hub, and how one of its strongest drawing cards is a simplified user interface, having Lettie’s expertise available to our readers comes at the right time.

Join me in welcoming Lettie aboard, her first official post is up today.

David Crotty

@davidacrotty

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.