Guest Post – Perspectives on a “Unified Approach” to the Future of Open Access
There is value in exploring the concept of different perspectives on open access in order to begin to develop a “unified approach to open”.
Our Societies, Journals, and the Narrative of Accessibility and Equity in Open Research
What can research societies do to improve accessibility and equity in Open Research? Haseeb Irfanullah suggests ways we can transform our outlook and efforts.
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 4
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “Retrogression Research and Limiting Diversity: the Impact of the Pandemic on Scholarly Publishing’s Inequities”
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 3
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “Accelerating DEI: Have the Data? Use the Data!”
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 2
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “The Glass Ceiling You Don’t Know About Yet”.
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting Part 1
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at Dr. Joseph Williams’s keynote, “Fighting Racial Inequity in the Publishing Industry”.
Guest Post — Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on how COVID-19 is Changing Open Access (Part 1)
A look at open access policies and developments in Canada, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of a 2 part post.
What (Not) to Do When Libraries Won’t Get on Board
Why aren’t libraries providing support for your open access or open science initiative? Be careful what you assume.
Is Scientific Communication Fit for Purpose?
Roger Schonfeld argues that openness and politicization together have enabled public trust in science to erode. And science is insufficiently trustworthy. The scholarly communication sector must not ignore this situation.
Guest Post — Introducing Demographic Questions during Manuscript Submission at the American Psychological Association
Katie Einhorn, Steph Pollock, and Nick Paolini discuss APA’s efforts to collect demographic information during manuscript submission. In this interview, they share what they did, why, how, and what this means for other publishing organizations.
Guest Post — The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Open Access: Gerald Beasley Interviews Timon Oefelein (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 2 of this pair of posts we turn the tables and Gerald Beasley interviews Timon Oefelein of Springer Nature about how publishers can support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Guest Post — The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Open Access: Timon Oefelein Interviews Gerald Beasley (Part 1 of 2)
In Part 1 of this pair of posts, Timon Oefelein interviews Gerald R. Beasley, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, about how librarians can support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The North is Drawing the South Closer, But, This is Not the Whole Picture of Geographical Inclusion
Geographical inclusion in scholarly publishing needs to do more than just drawing the Global South closer to the Global North.
Revisiting: Breaking the Silence: the #MeToo Moment in Scholarly Communication
Revisiting Alison Mudditt’s 2018 post on sexual harassment in our community. What has changed in the last three years, and what can we continue to do to eradicate this behavior for the next generation of women.
Revisiting: Is There a Business Case for Open Data?
Revisiting Tim Vines’ 2017 post — Open data continues to gain ground, but is there a revenue stream that would help journals recover the costs of gathering, reviewing and publishing data?