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Social Media in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report

SSP’s latest Pulse Check survey offers a community-wide snapshot of social media in scholarly publishing as it stands today.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Jul 2, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Milestones that Matter: Celebrating a Wartime SSP Presidential Term

Today, we reprise the talk by outgoing SSP President Rebecca McLeod at last month’s SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Rebecca McLeod
  • Jun 26, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Frenemies: A Tale of Scholarly Publishing Marketing

Today’s post reflects on how scholarly publishing professionals balance camaraderie with market competition, and how 3 “frenemies” navigate complex industry dynamics.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen, Michael Groth, MIchael Casp
  • Jun 24, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Ask the Fellows: SSP’s 2026 Annual Meeting

Today, we offer reflections on the SSP Annual Meeting from our 2026 Fellowship cohort.

  • By Glory Akwa, Ransford Asamoah, Iliana Cosme-Brooks, Haley Dittbrenner, Rebecca Griffiths, Yamaya Jean, Chyanne Turner , Sarah Wright
  • Jun 18, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Ask the Community: Takeaways from SSP 2026

We asked some of the attendees of the recent SSP Annual Meeting in Chula Vista, CA, to answer the question: “What are some takeaways from your experience at SSP 2026?”

  • By John Long
  • Jun 12, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Ask the Chefs: SSP 2026 Annual Meeting

The Chefs offer their reflections on last week’s SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen, Todd A Carpenter, Lettie Y. Conrad, Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Alice Meadows, Roy Kaufman, Rick Anderson, Robert Harington, David Crotty
  • Jun 5, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Friday Zen: Puffins For the Win!

Today we bring you a dose of Friday fun, with thanks to the National Trust.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 15, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Announcing The Scholarly Kitchen’s Style Guide

Today we announce The Scholarly Kitchen’s new style guide for Chefs and guest bloggers alike.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 8, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report

This month’s Pulse Check survey focuses on our community’s views on advocacy, industry priorities, and challenges of engaging with policymakers and the public.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • May 1, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — SSP Annual Meeting: The Highlights are Coming

Today, members of SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Program Committee share reflections for all attendees — including those joining the Highlights Webinar on June 17, 2026.

  • By Marianne Calilhanna, David Turner, Jennifer Regala, Michelle Urberg
  • Apr 30, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — Exploring Data Spaces in Scholarly Communications

Today’s guest post explains the new data space pilot, which will be the focus of the upcoming BISG/SSP webinar on May 12, 2026.

  • By Christina Drummond
  • Apr 17, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Call to Action: Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy

SSP’s Advocacy Task Force Co-chairs encourage members to participate in this month’s Pulse Check Survey on our collective advocacy activities.

  • By Tim Lloyd, Beth Craanen
  • Apr 16, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — The SSP Annual Meeting: Keeping the Faith in Unsettled Times

Today, co-chairs for SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Planning Committee discuss what they’re most excited to deliver in this year’s program.

  • By Jessie Slater, Greg Fagan, Marianne Calilhanna
  • Apr 10, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Ask the Librarians: Recapping a Scholarly Kitchen Roundtable at the 2025 Charleston Library Conference 

Today’s post recaps a lively roundtable conversation with library and information science experts who have been guest bloggers for TSK and active SSP participants.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Apr 9, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Key Takeaways from the 2025 SSP Compensation and Benefits Study

A look at the data from the second year of the SSP Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Mar 27, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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The mission of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is to advance scholarly publishing and communication, and the professional development of its members through education, collaboration, and networking. SSP established The Scholarly Kitchen blog in February 2008 to keep SSP members and interested parties aware of new developments in publishing.

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