Lettie Y. Conrad, Author at The Scholarly Kitchen

Lettie Y. Conrad, Ph.D., is an independent researcher and consultant, leveraging a variety of R&D methods to drive product strategy and evidence-based decisions. Lettie’s specialties sit at the intersection of information experience and digital product design. As VP and Lead Analyst for scholarly communications at Outsell, Inc., Lettie is bringing more than 20 years’ industry experience to information, data, and analytics providers. She also serves as Product Experience Architect for LibLynx and is an active volunteer with the Society for Scholarly Publishing, among other organizations. Read more about Lettie on LinkedIn, ORCID or Twitter.

Articles by Lettie Y. Conrad

Navigating the Shifting Sands: New Directions Organizers on the Upcoming Seminar

Volunteer organizers reflect on SSP’s upcoming 2023 New Directions seminar — early bird registration closes September 8th!

Web-scale Institutional Search: What are Publishers Doing Today?

Twelve years after the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) launched, I wonder: How are scholarly content providers leveraging ODI conformance statements to drive transparency and usage via web-scale library discovery services?

Ask the Vendors: SSP 2023 Annual Meeting

We check in with scholarly publishing vendors for their experiences at the 2023 SSP Annual meeting in Portland.

Know Better, Do Better: Learned Publishing Reflects on DEIA in Scholarly Communications

The first 2023 issue of Learned Publishing reflects on how to make lasting, meaningful improvements to our industry’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA).

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.

Web-scale Library Search: Where Are We Today?

Eleven years after the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) launched, I wonder: How are ODI conformance statements helping to drive transparency and cross-sector improvements to web-scale library discovery services?

Smorgasbord: A Better Metaphor for Publishing, Twitter/Musk, Equitable Access, and Those Vexing OACA Experimental Controls

A new type of post from us today, offering a smorgasbord of opinions on topics including the ongoing Twitter/Elon Musk saga, just what “equitable access” to the literature means, the ongoing lack of experimental controls in one area of bibliometric analysis, and whether journals are more like a gate or a sewer.

An Action Plan for Accessible Images: Practical Solutions for Publishers, Platforms, and Providers

Accessible images deliver an inclusive reading experience and unlock the numerous benefits of data-rich accessible images. This post summarizes a 2022 SSP panel offering practical solutions for ensuring scholarly image collections and in-line graphics are fully accessible to all readers.

Revisiting — Building Pipes and Fixing Leaks: Demystifying and Decoding Scholarly Information Discovery & Interchange

A look back at Julie Zhu’s 2019 post that discusses publisher strategies and industry standards for tending to the “plumbing” of content discovery and access.

Ask The Chefs: It’s Travel Time Again!

Professional conferences, it’s been a while, but we’re ready for you – or are we? This week we ask the chefs what did you forgot while we were home for 2 years? What’s changed and how are you adjusting?