Call for Applications – North American Editor of Learned Publishing
SSP is recruiting for the next North American Editor for Learned Publishing. Consider applying or encouraging others to do so!
The SSP Humanities Community Network Lifts Off
A Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Professionals Community of Interest Network is launching! An interview with facilitators Laura Ansley and Dawn Durante about the group and its focus –and how it’s meeting a clear need.
Guest Post – New Opportunities for Early Career and HSS Scholarly Communications Professionals to Connect and Discuss Shared Interests
The SSP announces its Communities of Interest Network, starting with networks for HSS Publishing Professionals and Early Career Publishing Professionals.
Ask the Community: What Did SSP 2022 Mean to You?
In the last of this series of posts about this year’s Annual Meeting, SSP’s Marketing & Communications Committee cochairs ask members of our community what the conference meant to them
Ask the Fellows: SSP 2022 Annual Meeting
We ask the 2022 Society for Scholarly Publishing Fellows to offer their thoughts on this year’s Annual Meeting.
Ask The Chefs: It’s Travel Time Again!
Professional conferences, it’s been a while, but we’re ready for you – or are we? This week we ask the chefs what did you forgot while we were home for 2 years? What’s changed and how are you adjusting?
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.
Results of the 3rd Annual SSP Professional Skills Survey and the Updated Professional Skills Map
The SSP Career Development Committee’s Professional Skills Map is in its third iteration, and the results are presented here. The Skills Map 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.
Off for Memorial Day and Off to Chicago for SSP
We’re off for the US holiday on Monday, so here’s a musical interlude for those heading to the SSP Meeting next week.
Ask the Chefs: Which Organizations Do You Volunteer For And Why?
Earlier this month we asked the community which organizations they volunteer for and why. Today it’s the Chefs’ turn!
The Scholarly Kitchen Readership Survey One Year On
Conclusions and responses taken to last year’s Scholarly Kitchen reader survey.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 10: Industry Primer — Sales in the Scholarly Publishing Landscape
The tenth episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast serves as a primer on the sales role within scholarly publishing- what sales professionals do, how they operate as relationship managers, and the role of their interactions from end user to publisher. Andy Douglas, Vice President of Commercial Partnerships and Strategic Business Development at Springer Nature, addresses these questions and more. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science).
Ask the Community: Why Do You Volunteer?
As the long-awaited, in-person SSP Annual Meeting approaches, we are hosting two events where prospective volunteers can learn about opportunities within the Society. We asked members of the community to share: which organization(s) do you volunteer for and why?
Guest Post — Results of the 2022 Survey on Travel, Events, and Return to Office Plans
A look at the results from the SSP’s survey on travel, returning to the office, and attending in-person events.
Spring Break — Also This Week, Our Webinar on “The Future of Research as a Global Enterprise”
We’re off for Spring Break next week. But in the meantime, be sure to check out our upcoming webinar on The Future of Research as a Global Enterprise.