Guest Post — The Words We Live By: Our Ideas and Values as the Catalyst for Action
Dawit Tegbaru offers ideas on how the scholarly communications community can take action to address inequity.
Pandemic Perspectives: Volunteer Projects Continue Progress
2020 looked like a year where volunteer-driven projects were likely to be put on hold. The good news is that so many continued to thrive and progress, despite the pandemic.
The SSP Generations Fund: Investing in the Promise of our Future
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is investing in future generations of scholarly communications professionals and championing the values of inclusion, diversity, and equity. Find out how you can help through The SSP Generations Fund.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 6, SSP’s Fellowship and Mentorship Programs and the New Generations Fund
Meredith Adinolfi and Sara Grimme speak with Vicky Truter, Adya Misra, and Sai Konda about their experiences and participation in SSP’s Fellowship and Mentorship programs.
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Participate in the SSP 2021 Annual Meeting!
Send in your proposals for sessions at the 2021 SSP Annual Meeting.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 5, The Publishing Industry and the Pandemic Part 2
Meredith Adinolfi and Sara Grimme speak with Sarah Tegen and Ann Michael about how early career professionals can continue to focus on career development and growth, particularly during the pandemic.
Guest Post — Meet the new SSP Board Members
Emma Brink interviews Meredith Adinolfi, Emilie Delquie, Gabe Harp, and Sai Konda, the newest members of the Society for Scholarly Publishing Board of Directors.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 4, The Publishing Industry and the Pandemic Part 1
In this fourth episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, we look at strategies and programs to support staff and employees during a time of great uncertainty for many in the publishing industry and for the communities that we support.
Chefs ‘Set the Stage’ for SSP New Directions Seminar
Scholarly Kitchen Chefs open SSP’s 2020 New Directions seminar discussing how we can support academic peer-reviewed research and the entire academic publishing ecosystem during this unprecedented year of disruptions, disease, and disappointments.
Gaps in Academic Communication
Tao Tao looks at some surprising communication gaps in scholarly communication that hamper progress but also provide market opportunities.
C4DISC Is Officially Launched!
Today sees the official launch of C4DISC, the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications. Learn more about the organization and how you can get involved in this post by Alice Meadows.
Learning and Connecting from Home: SSP Responds to Evolving Member Needs with Expanded Programming
Announcing the SSP OnDemand Video Content Library, a new asynchronous learning platform that offers a variety of recorded video content users can access when convenient. This innovative, “anywhere, anytime” alternative to the traditional webinar broadcast is designed for scholarly communications professionals to stay abreast of the current challenges facing our industry.
Ask The Interns: What Is The Value Of Internships?
Have you benefited from an internship (giving or receiving!)? This month we talk to interns and internship managers to hear what value internships have brought to them and the industry.
Guest Post — Navigating Your Career in Publishing: Introducing the SSP Professional Skills Map
The Professional Skills Map, initiated by the SSP Career Development Committee aims to guide scholarly publishing professionals across industries and career levels in recognizing their personal strengths and interpersonal and technical skills, and then map those skill sets to fitting roles across the industry, empowering them to advance in their current roles and explore potential career paths they may not have previously considered.
Collective Voices: The Society for Scholarly Publishing Joins in Making a Statement Against Racism
Reaffirming our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.