Guest Post: This Open Access Week Theme Has a Distinguished History
Some thoughts on this year’s Open Access Week theme, “community over commercialization.”
Sustainability: When Being Small Is Big Enough To Create A Legacy
How can smaller publishers support the Sustainable Development Goals?
PLOS’s Next Big Thing
In this post, Alice Meadows shares some thoughts about PLOS’s recently announced R&D project to help overcome the lack of recognition for Open Science contributions, and the lack of affordability for researchers.
Guest Post — Equitable Scholarly Communication: Realistic or Idealistic?
Daniel Dollar offers an update on the work being done by Research4Life and a call for action.
Ask the Community — Thoughts on a Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Scholarly Publishers
Antitrust litigation has been filed against six major scholarly publishers. We reached out to the community for their thoughts.
Revisiting: Libraries and the Contested Terrain of “Neutrality”
Revisiting Rick Anderson’s 2022 post which asks, are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.
Point/Counterpoint on the Framing of DEIA Efforts: Should We Separate the Personal from the Professional?
Today we offer a double-post, with a proposal and a response concerning how we frame our efforts toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as a community.
Guest Post — At the Nature Picket
The strike at Springer Nature raises questions about how editorial work is valued.
Putting Research Publications to Work in Tackling the SDGs — 3 Challenges to Publishers
Research publications contain the answers to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. But to realize that potential, more people need to find, understand and act on them.
The American Sunlight Project Wants to Make It More Costly for Bad Actors to Spread Disinformation: How Will They Do That?
How will the American Sunlight Project make it more costly for bad actors to spread disinformation — and what does this mean for scholarly publishing?
Guest Post: The STM Integrity Hub — Connecting the Dots in a Dynamic Landscape
An update on progress from the STM Research Integrity Hub.
The Interplay Between Copyright Licensing and Exclusive Rights; AI Edition
In copyright law, the existence of licensing options impacts upon a rights owners exclusive rights.
Ask the Community: What Do Campus Disability Services Staff Most Want Publishers to Know?
We asked Campus Disability Services leaders, “What would you most like Publishers to know?”
Gates Policy Refresh: What Would Success Look Like?
While the BMGF may be all-in, from an industry perspective the Gates Policy Refresh represents a small but potentially valuable experiment.
Guest Post — Speak Finance: Gain University Support for Open Scholarship
The federal government is mandating that the knowledge and data produced from federal grants be widely available for our collective good. Libraries remain under-resourced to make this happen. Let’s add some new metrics and language to this narrative to help articulate the value of libraries.