Charlie Rapple, Author at The Scholarly Kitchen

Charlie Rapple is co-founder of Kudos, which showcases research to accelerate and broaden its reach and impact. She is also Vice Chair of UKSG and serves on the Editorial Board of UKSG Insights. @charlierapple.bsky.social, x.com./charlierapple and linkedin.com/in/charlierapple. In past lives, Charlie has been an electronic publisher at CatchWord, a marketer at Ingenta, a scholarly comms consultant at TBI Communications, and associate editor of Learned Publishing.

Articles by Charlie Rapple

Ask the Chefs: What is the Single Most Pressing Issue for the Future of Peer Review?

What is the single most pressing issue for the future of peer review in scholarly publishing? In advance of Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs.

The Best Explanation I’ve Seen for How Machine Learning Works

How machines learn, as demonstrated by a pile of matchboxes playing tic-tac-toe.

Having the Courage to Explain Research in Plain Language

The Curse of Knowledge is when we assume everyone else understands what we’re talking about, when they don’t. Good communication happens when we have the courage to make it simple.

From a “Ghost Library” to a “Window on the Big World”: The Story of Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, Wellington Central Library

What do you do when the building standards governing the safety of your workplace are deemed inadequate?

Smorgasbord: Trends from the Spring 2023 Meetings and Conferences

It’s conference season in scholarly communications. Between them, the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs have been / will be at 9 events around the world in the 6 week stretch from early April to mid May. In a series of “Smorgasbord” posts, Chefs will share some of the key themes emerging for our sector. This week: Charlie Rapple reports from EARMA, Roy Kaufman from the London Book Fair, and David Crotty from STM.

The Scholarly Kitchen

Charlie Rapple

Articles by Charlie Rapple

Ask the Chefs: What is the Single Most Pressing Issue for the Future of Peer Review?

The Best Explanation I’ve Seen for How Machine Learning Works

From a “Ghost Library” to a “Window on the Big World”: The Story of Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, Wellington Central Library

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2022, Part 2

Start-up Stories: Mindscape Commons — or, How VR is Helping Develop Medical Students’ Communication Skills

Ask The Chefs: It’s Travel Time Again!

April and July Issues of Learned Publishing is Now Available

13th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference Conference Schedule 2023