Lettie Y. Conrad, Author at The Scholarly Kitchen

In her 15 years’ publishing experience, Lettie has led user-centered web and mobile product development, focused on driving research and analysis that enables evidence-based product management for a portfolio of global clients. She serves as North American Editor for Learned Publishing – read more about Lettie on LinkedIn, ORCID or Twitter.

Articles by Lettie Y. Conrad

Driving Responsibly with Identity Management (Part 1)

Few scholarly publishers make effective use of identity management, but we should — and now is a good time to consider a comprehensive identity strategy.

Parenting School Aged Children Through a Pandemic

A group of Chefs reflects the struggles we are facing, and the lessons we are learning, about parenting during the pandemic.

Humans are the Loop: Social Solutions to Technological Challenges

From Siri to autonomous vehicles, the magic of tech innovations are wrought by human ingenuity — and setting boundaries around these technologies is a social enterprise, with inherently cultural implications.

Back to Basics: When in Doubt, Get Fundamental

Flashy new technologies come and go, but getting back to basics is a reminder that the “killer app” is high-quality content, composed in accordance with established standards for discoverability and accessibility.

Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2019 Part 1

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year. Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.

Questioning Our Assumptions in Publishing Innovations: Inspiration from the Story of Indigital

Mikaela Jade and the Indigital app inspire us to question our privileged assumptions of “the user” in information design.

Thinking about the Art and Science of Image Description: An Interview with textBOX Founders

If a picture is worth a thousand words, the folks at textBOX can help publishers present that descriptive text (“alt-text”) to the online world, meeting key accessibility and discoverability demands.

The Robots are Writing: Will Machine-Generated Books Accelerate our Consumption of Scholarly Literature?

Does Springer Nature’s first machine-generated book usher in a new era of authorship? Or readership? Are the robots writing?

Investing in the Researcher Experience

Last week’s ACRL and STM conferences demonstrated that libraries and publishers have a renewed desire to understand the researcher experience and embrace the scholarly information practices that will define our future.

Of Paywalls and Proxies: The Buzz about Access at ER&L 2019

This year’s ER&L conference was abuzz with the threats and solutions for digital access in libraries.