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Lettie Y. Conrad

Ask the Chefs: Which Organizations Do You Volunteer For And Why?

Earlier this month we asked the community which organizations they volunteer for and why. Today it’s the Chefs’ turn!

  • By Alice Meadows, Tim Vines, Angela Cochran, Lettie Y. Conrad, Rick Anderson, Todd A Carpenter, Dianndra Roberts, Haseeb Irfanullah, Judy Luther
  • May 26, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Ask the Chefs: How Do You Feel About In-person Conferences — Including SSP?

Today we ask the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs how they’re feeling about in-person conferences in general, and the 2022 SSP Annual Meeting in particular.

  • By Alice Meadows, Tim Vines, Roger C. Schonfeld, Robert Harington, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Lettie Y. Conrad, Alison Mudditt, Judy Luther
  • Mar 23, 2022
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Information Experience Design: Holistic, Humanistic Solutions for Scholarly Products

For those in the business of information, it’s time to elevate our thinking from the transactional to the experiential. Information experience design (IXD) offers an inclusive, participatory approach that embraces the diversity of our user communities.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Feb 3, 2022
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2021, Part 1

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

  • By David Crotty, Jill O'Neill, Joseph Esposito, Rick Anderson, Lettie Y. Conrad, Michael Clarke
  • Nov 22, 2021
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Building Bridges with the Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA)

Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) committee members champion the benefits of standardizing the transfer of papers between journals.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Nov 10, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Experience of Good Metadata: Linking Metadata to Research Impacts

What do we really know about the linkages between good metadata and positive, productive user experiences with scholarly journals?

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Michelle Urberg
  • Sep 30, 2021
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Revisiting — The Google Generation Is Alright

How much has changed in a dozen years? Lettie Conrad looks back at Ann Michael’s post from the 2009 SSP Annual Meeting, “Publishing for the Google Generation”.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Ann Michael
  • Jul 26, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Digital Transformation Requires Cultural Evolution

Turns out, digital transformation is actually more human than technical. Learn more in these case studies from Emerald and De Gruyter.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Jul 14, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Experiences Behind the Data: Making Human Sense of Pandemic Usage Reports

As publishers and librarians draw conclusions from the last year of usage data, we must look to qualitative analysis to round out the picture of the human conditions behind the quantitative trends.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • May 4, 2021
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Driving Responsibly with Identity Management (Part 2: A Case Study)

Emerald Publishing’s identity strategy aims to re-conceive their publishing platform as a digital experience that builds emotive connections with users and seamlessly delivers the answers they need.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Tim Lloyd
  • Mar 2, 2021
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2020, Part 2

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!) . Part 2.

  • By David Crotty, Rick Anderson, Charlie Rapple, Judy Luther, Alison Mudditt, Lettie Y. Conrad, Jasmine Wallace, Todd A Carpenter, Tim Vines
  • Nov 25, 2020
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

The Role of Information in UN Sustainability Goals: Highlights from the 2020 ASIS&T Meeting

Information scholars address UN sustainability goals during virtual 2020 ASIS&T conference

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Nov 10, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Chefs ‘Set the Stage’ for SSP New Directions Seminar

Scholarly Kitchen Chefs open SSP’s 2020 New Directions seminar discussing how we can support academic peer-reviewed research and the entire academic publishing ecosystem during this unprecedented year of disruptions, disease, and disappointments.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Charlie Rapple, Haseeb Irfanullah, Judy Luther, Alice Meadows
  • Sep 28, 2020
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Ask The Chefs: Improving Trust In Peer Review

In support of #PeerRevWk20 theme #TrustInPeerReview, we asked the Chefs how trust in peer review could be improved. See what the said and add your thoughts!

  • By Ann Michael, Robert Harington, Rick Anderson, Tim Vines, Jasmine Wallace, Lettie Y. Conrad, David Smith, Haseeb Irfanullah, Charlie Rapple, Karin Wulf, Alice Meadows, Phill Jones, Todd A Carpenter
  • Sep 17, 2020
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 16 mins

“Little Deals” Everywhere: Is Demand-driven Collection Development Catching Fire?

As the big deal falls, we are witnessing a shift in academic library purchasing power closer to the point of need.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Aug 11, 2020
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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