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Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries

Today’s guest blogger says academic librarians don’t need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

  • By Greyson Pasiak
  • Mar 4, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Shaping a Sustainable Future for Academic Publishing: Our Journey so Far

Today’s guest post demonstrates how publishers can reduce their carbon footprint and be leaders in environmental sustainability.

  • By Liz Martin
  • Feb 27, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Standing Up by Stepping Down

Today’s post discusses the impact and intention of DEIA advocacy and the value of taking a pause as an act of resistance and self-preservation.

  • By Dianndra Roberts, Valarie Guagnini, Devyani Mahajan
  • Feb 25, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Mental Health Awareness Monday — Sing the Songs That Bring You Joy

Today’s guest post shares personal reflections about mental health awareness, the importance of boundaries, and routines you can employ to embrace balance.

  • By Anna Jester, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Feb 23, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Designed for Someone Else’s Life: Balancing Academic Careers with Caregiving Responsibilities

Most people in academic careers will at some point be faced with parenting and/or caregiving responsibilities. But is academia designed to support caregivers and parents?

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Feb 9, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Politics and Scholarly Societies: 1200 Partnerships with External Organizations Terminated at the University of Kentucky

Robert Harington attempts to shine a light on some of the political problems scholarly societies and academic institutions face in the current political climate.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 2, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Courage to Be Uncertain: A New Approach to Impostor Feelings

Today’s guest bloggers reflect on the experience of “imposter syndrome” and how we might adopt a new approach to moments of uncertainty and change.

  • By Holly Koppel, Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Jan 26, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — What is The ‘Right’ Way to Make Tea? Why International Marketing Needs a Local Touch

Today’s guest bloggers advocate for marketing strategy using localization, which brings cultural fluency, awareness, and authenticity to our communication with partners around the world.

  • By Lou Peck, Andrew Smith
  • Jan 12, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Three Ways to Innovate and Reimagine Publisher Value in an AI World

AI is presenting new challenges while also giving us tools to innovate in ways. The most successful publishers will be those willing to challenge the status quo.

  • By Jay Flynn
  • Dec 18, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post:  Academic Publishing Is  Not Fit for the Future – If We Don’t Act Now, The Vital Role Research Plays in Society Is at Risk

Academic publishing ia reaching a breaking point. Unless we redesign it, we risk stalling the very progress we seek – with consequences impacting research, education and public trust in academia.

  • By Mandy Hill
  • Dec 11, 2025
  • 16 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Sustainable Practices and UN SDG Alignment at the 2025 EASE Conference in Oslo

Today’s guest bloggers describe the efforts taken in organizing a sustainable 2025 conference of the European Association for Science Editors.

  • By Lovorka Čaja, Iva Grabarić Andonovski
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — From Cloud to Carbon: Exploring the Digital Carbon Footprint of Knowledge

Today’s guest post summarizes the discussion in the recent EASE / STM / webinar, exploring the digital carbon footprint of scholarly publishing.

  • By Rachel Martin
  • Dec 1, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

In Defense of Pluralism and Diversity: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Scholarly Communication (Part 2 of 2)

Since every possible method and model of scholarly communication is imperfect, a healthy scholarly ecosystem must be pluralistic, providing space for experimentation and for a diversity of methods, models, and philosophies to coexist.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Nov 18, 2025
  • 42 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Global Transition Has Already Happened – It’s Just Not the One You Expected (Part 1 of 2)

The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned — not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Nov 17, 2025
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where?

A review of 12 major publishers finds that they display an average of 6 journal-level impact metrics on their platforms. The Journal Impact Factor is the only metric displayed on all 12.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Heather Parkin
  • Nov 11, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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