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Climate Action: Are We Committed Enough?

On the occasion of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Haseeb Md. Irfanullah explores scholarly publishers’ role in tackling climate crisis.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Nov 7, 2022
  • 1 Comment

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments

Guest Post – Wikipedia’s Citations Are Influencing Scholars and Publishers

Rachel Helps, the Wikipedian-in-residence at the BYU libraries discusses the intersection of scholarly journals and Wikipedia.

  • By Rachel Helps
  • Nov 1, 2022
  • 15 Comments

8 Months On: Ukraine Still Needs Our Support

We are into the 8th month of Russia’s war against Ukraine. How has the scholarly publishing sector continued to respond?

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Oct 18, 2022
  • 10 Comments

The Trash Library of Ankara

Another unlikely library — this one made from books salvaged from the garbage of Ankara.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 14, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Thoughts and Observations on the OSTP Responses to Our Interview Questions

Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson reflect on the OSTP’s response to their interview questions, and on some implications of those responses and of the memo itself.

  • By Rick Anderson, Karin Wulf
  • Oct 13, 2022
  • 26 Comments

A New OSTP Memo: Some Initial Observations and Questions

Some initial thoughts on the new OSTP memo on public access to results of federally funded research — and questions about its intent and implications.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 29, 2022
  • 35 Comments

Revisiting: Humanities Research Infrastructure is Great ROI

What brings humanities infrastructure together — whether materials-based (content) or process-based (projects) or tools-based (platforms and laboratories) — is an iterative process of knowledge creation. Revisiting a post from 2020.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Aug 23, 2022
  • 0 Comments

SDG Publishers Compact: Where Do We Stand Now?

Haseeb Irfanullah reviews progress that publishers have made towards supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jul 28, 2022
  • 7 Comments

Revisiting: Will the Future of Scholarly Communication Be Pluralistic and Democratic, or Monocultural and Authoritarian?

Rick Anderson revisits a 2020 post: One way or another, the #scholcomm community is going to choose either a diversity of publishing models or a monoculture, because it can’t have both. How will this choice be made, and by whom?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jul 12, 2022
  • 10 Comments

Some Observations on Research4Life’s New Strategic Plan for Vision 2030

Haseeb Irfanullah reviews the Strategic Plan for Vision 2030 from Research4Life.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jul 11, 2022
  • 2 Comments

It’s Good to be Back… But What Happens Now?

Reflections on what’s next for getting together in the real world, in a time of climate change and pandemics.

  • By David Smith
  • Jun 21, 2022
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Paying It Forward: A Call to Action

As the SSP’s Annual Meeting for 2022 comes to a close, Jennifer Regala offers thoughts on what you can do to support and build our community.

  • By Jennifer Regala
  • Jun 6, 2022
  • 10 Comments

10 Years of Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research: An Interview with the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable (Part 2)

An interview with principals of the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable, whose work significantly shaped the Holdren Memo on public access to federally-funded research.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • May 18, 2022
  • 2 Comments

10 Years of Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research: An Interview with the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable (Part 1)

An interview with principals of the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable, whose work significantly shaped the Holdren Memo on public access to federally-funded research.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • May 17, 2022
  • 2 Comments
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Not so sure it’s what publishers aren’t providing. It’s further downstream in policies, practices and how research is being conducted where the transition is needed. E.g. you can enforce mandatory data, but many researchers aren’t prepped to share it openly upon publication. https://twitter.com/scholarlykitchn/status/1621124460685426689

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Are researchers prepared for the transition to #openscience? https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/02/02/guest-post-are-we-providing-what-researchers-need-in-the-transition-to-open-science/ @scholarlykitchn

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exlresearch Ex Libris Research @exlresearch ·
3 Feb

There is a great need for metadata in the scholarly publishing community.

But what is its value if the impact is unknown?

The @scholarlykitchn asked this exact question and authors @lyconrad & @michelleurberg1 have what to say about it. Read now: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/01/17/measuring-metadata-impacts-books-discoverability-in-google-scholar/ https://twitter.com/scholarlykitchn/status/1615316586260299777

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Measuring Metadata Impacts: Books Discoverability in Google Scholar https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/01/17/measuring-metadata-impacts-books-discoverability-in-google-scholar/

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