Independence Lost — Taxpayer Funding and Information Access Take a Dark Turn
We once assumed taxpayer-funding meant information availability. The new US government is now actively hiding scientific data, imperiling our understanding of the world.
Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing
A group of scholarly publishers has launched a fellowship to improve diversity and inclusion among editorial employees.
Beyond the Beyond: Can we Increase the Impact and Reach of Scholarly Research?
In a “post-truth” world with declining faith in scientific progress, what is the publisher role in the clear communication and promotion of scholarly research?
Even Sci-Hub Has Management Headaches
As Sci-Hub has grown up at the expense of publishers, it’s worth considering what its next steps might be in order to understand what new challenges it will pose.
Managing Volunteers: An Overlooked Skill
Managing volunteers in a critical and yet overlooked part of running a successful journal or program. Angela Cochran explores tips for getting the most out of volunteers and where we can find training to learn these skills.
I’m Pretty Sure I Remember That — False Memories
Do you remember when Darth Vader said, “Luke, I am your father”? Are you sure about that?
Does Journal Suppression Reduce Self-Citation?
Journal suppression is an effective tool for reducing high rates of self-citation, even years after a title is reintroduced.
Revisiting an Interview with Paula Stephan — Economics, Science, and Doing Better
Revisiting Kent Anderson’s 2012 interview with the author of “How Economics Shape Science”.
Revisiting a Book Review: How Economics Shapes Science by Paula Stephan
Revisiting our review of Paula Stephan’s book after her keynote talk at the SSP Annual Meeting.
Platform Diving — Top Journals, UX, and the Lure of Harmonization
A review of top journals in 18 fields show they are on a variety of platforms, suggesting cognitive burden for users which may be driving them to aggregated options with unified user experiences.
Data Visualization and Scale
A clever visualization that makes it easier to understand statistics about human populations be reducing their scale.
Failure to Deliver: Reaching Users in an Increasingly Mobile World
Judy Luther and Todd Carpenter look at the technological challenges of providing access to content in an increasingly dispersed and mobile world.
Guest Post, The TEF: How Publishers and Booksellers Can Engage with Higher Education Assessment
Linda Bennett and Annika Bennett of Gold Leaf discuss the results of their recent study of stakeholder views on the UK’s Teaching Excellence Framework.
Database Marketing and the Tragedy of the Commons
Database marketing opens up large business opportunities, but only if the data is used with restraint.
Ask The Librarians: What Did You Learn At This Year’s SSP Annual Meeting?
In what is becoming our annual tradition, we asked the Chefs, then the Fellows, and now the Librarians: What Did You Learn At This Year’s SSP Annual Meeting? Come see what they said!