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Revisiting Our Open Invitation to Guest Authors

Some improvements at the Scholarly Kitchen have inspired us to renew our open call for guest authors to join the conversation. Revisiting a 2018 post by @lisalibrarian that explains how it works.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Scholarly Kitchen
  • Apr 22, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Get Your Writing Caps On! One Week Left for SSP Concurrent Session Proposal Submissions

The SSP Annual Meeting Program Committee is currently accepting concurrent session proposals for the 42nd Annual Meeting, being held next May 27–29 in Boston. Here’s how to put together a session proposal.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Nov 8, 2019
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

SSP’s New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar

A preview of next week’s SSP New Directions Seminar.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Sep 24, 2019
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting Focuses on Global Perspectives in Scholarly Publishing

Press release announcing The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) 41st Annual Meeting .

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Apr 12, 2019
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Jasmine Wallace

Meet our newest Chef, Jasmine Wallace.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Nov 29, 2018
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Last Chance — Invitation to Participate in the SSP 41st Annual Meeting

The deadline for proposing sessions for next year’s SSP Meeting is approaching. Get your ideas in this week!

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Nov 14, 2018
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

On Being Excluded: Testimonies by People of Color in Scholarly Publishing, Part II

This follow-up post of anonymized testimonies by people of color about their experiences of racism in scholarly publishing once again make for powerful reading, and show how much work we still have to do to create an inclusive, anti-racist culture in our industry.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 10, 2018
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

On Being Excluded: Testimonies by People of Color in Scholarly Publishing

These powerful testimonies, by people of color, about their experience of racism in scholarly publishing, clearly show that we have “a great deal of powerful and humbling work to do” to address racism and the white-dominated culture of our industry.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Apr 4, 2018
  • 47 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — “Essential and Existential”: The Work of Equity and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing

Jocelyn Dawson and Rebecca McLeod gather together helpful advice for recruiting and maintaining a more diverse workforce in publishing.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Oct 25, 2017
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — JATS4R: Optimizing the Reusability of Scholarly Content

Canadian Science Publishing’s Mary Seligy provides a primer on standards, XML and JATS4R, which is driving improved reusability of scholarly content.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Oct 17, 2017
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Revisiting Two Perspectives on Library-based University Presses

Point: Counterpoint — today we revisit a pair of posts from Joe Esposito and Rick Anderson looking at partnerships and collaborations between university libraries and university presses.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Jul 19, 2017
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Guest Post: Toll-Free Links Should Be a Win for Everybody

Today’s Guest Post explores toll-free linking as a way for publishers to enable authors to share works published in subscription journals. Guest blogger Todd Reitzel has worked in publishing at several STM and social science associations, most recently the Association for Psychological Science.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Jul 12, 2017
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post, The TEF:  How Publishers and Booksellers Can Engage with Higher Education Assessment

Linda Bennett and Annika Bennett of Gold Leaf discuss the results of their recent study of stakeholder views on the UK’s Teaching Excellence Framework.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Jun 14, 2017
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post: Charles Oppenheim Asks How Big a Problem Are Articles that Should Be OA but End Up Behind Paywalls

In recent years, observers have noticed that articles for which an APC has been paid are not always made freely available. How pervasive is this problem? A Scholarly Kitchen reader investigates.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 25, 2017
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Updating Your Email Alerts from The Scholarly Kitchen

Make sure you’re getting the latest email alerts about posts from The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 20, 2017
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  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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