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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.
We’re off for Memorial Day. Please allow Shonen Knife to get your summer started.
Today, Avi Staiman officially joins us as a regular contributor in The Scholarly Kitchen.
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.
How well-designed is your state’s flag?
Best double check those Roman numerals in your copyright notice…
Did your teacher lie to you when they told you that the only vowels were A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y?
A compilation of links and a video to incisive analyses of ChatGPT and what it means for the future.
The Death Eaters are battling the Sapsuckers. Which mushrooms will win?
A visit to another of the world’s fascinating archives, this time to Australia’s Library of Air.
Check out our stylish new line of SSP and Scholarly Kitchen merchandise and support the SSP’s Generations Fund in the process!