A Library of Air
A visit to another of the world’s fascinating archives, this time to Australia’s Library of Air.
Guest Post — Are We Providing What Researchers Need in the Transition to Open Science?
There are still barriers and hesitations around open research practices. Erika Pastrana and Simon Adar suggest that publishers and technology platforms can better support authors and drive uptake.
Revisiting: Interstitial Publishing
Looking back at a 2015 post on the idea of interstitial publishing, a new form of publishing that aims to take advantage of what previously was viewed as lost time in between primary events during the day.
Guest Post — Enabling Trustable, Transparent, and Efficient Submission and Review in an Era of Digital Transformation
Digital transformation in submission and peer review offers improvements for publications and a better experience for researchers and journal staff.
Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Steven Inchcoombe
Robert Harington talks to Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Officer for Springer Nature in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
SSP and Scholarly Kitchen Swag — Support the SSP Generations Fund!
Check out our stylish new line of SSP and Scholarly Kitchen merchandise and support the SSP’s Generations Fund in the process!
Guest Post — The Efficacy of ChatGPT: Is it Time for the Librarians to Go Home?
In preparation for a presentation, Curtis Kendrick tried ChatGPT to see what it (they?) had to say. The results at first seemed credible, but where ChatGPT failed miserably was in the non-existent citations it provided.
Why PID Strategies Are Having A Moment — And Why You Should Care
Why are national PID strategies having a moment, and why should you care? Find out in today’s post by Alice Meadows.
Guest Post — “We are ready to move forward”: A Professional Society’s Route to Open Access
The President of the American Nuclear Society explains why the Nelson Memo may cause trepidation but bring opportunity.
Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Mandy Hill
Robert Harington talks to Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press in this new series of perspectives from some of publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
The Dangers of Automation: Keep Your Pokemon-playing Fish Away from Your Credit Cards
A YouTuber sets up a system where the swimming patterns of his fish let them “play” Pokemon online. What could possibly go wrong?
The Dea(r)th of Social Media? Assessing “Twexit”
The brave new world post-Twitter, or post-the Old Twitter, or has anything really changed? Chefs ponder the new social media.
Guest Post – AI and Scholarly Publishing: A View from Three Experts
A recap of a recent SSP webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) and scholarly publishing. How can this set of technologies help or harm scholarly publishing, and what are some current trends? What are the risks of AI, and what should we look out for?
Measuring Metadata Impacts: Books Discoverability in Google Scholar
Although Google Scholar claims to not use DOI metadata in its search index, a recent study finds that books with DOIs are generally more discoverable than those without DOIs.
Did ChatGPT Just Lie To Me?
After making up a false claim about a nonexistent study done by the AAAS, the AI software admitted that it made a mistake and then apologized.