In 2023 we twice assessed the social media landscape and with the explosion of Bluesky over the last weeks it seemed a good time to reassess. How do Chefs use social media differently now, and what are they seeing as platforms of choice or opportunity?
Pursuit of Green open access rather than Gold not only preserves the subscription system but also imposes hidden costs on readers.
Publishers need institutions as partners in addressing research integrity issues. Transformative agreements provide an ideal framework for fostering these partnerships.
Leading into Peer Review Week 2024, we ask the Chefs: What is, or would be, the most valuable innovation in peer review for your community?
Antitrust litigation has been filed against six major scholarly publishers. We reached out to the community for their thoughts.
A look at how AI tools support transforming information access into information comprehension.
The 2025 policy continues 2021 compliance requirements while also imposing additional mandates and eliminating financial support for open access publishing.
Fraud is undermining the integrity of the scholarly record. United2Act is striking back at paper mills.
Libraries are accelerating engagement with transformative and pure publish agreements, balancing contract-based publishing support with an APC fund, and investing in the scholarly communications ecosystem.
Reflecting on the Charleston Conference Vendor Showcase @lisalibrarian share what she did — and didn’t — see.
We asked the Chefs to weigh in with their thoughts on the new “Towards Responsible Publishing” manifesto from cOAlition S.
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.
Last January we wrote a group post about “Twexit” and with the launch of Threads we wondered how the Chefs were feeling about the emerging and existing social media options.
The 2023 SSP Annual Meeting wrapped up last week. We asked the Chefs for their impressions of the event.
Inconsistency in location/format of usage rights information and CC badges across formats and platforms makes it challenging to discover if/how articles can be reused. @lisalibrarian