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SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 23: Interview with SSP President Rebecca McLeod

This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast checks in with current SSP President Rebecca McLeod on her career and “wartime” tenure thus far, what she is looking forward to in 2026, and her advice for early career professionals. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press).

  • By Meredith Adinolfi
  • Mar 13, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Economic Outlook for Scholarly Communications in 2026 — SSP Pulse Check Report

SSP’s second Pulse Check survey results paint a picture of an industry in defensive mode — cautious, structurally stressed, but not in freefall.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Mar 2, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

2025 Readership Survey

The Scholarly Kitchen’s 2025 Readership Survey reflects feedback from our community that will shape the future direction of our blog.

  • By Alice Meadows, Dylan Burris, Simone Taylor
  • Jan 16, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

AI in Scholarly Publishing — SSP Pulse Check Report

The first of SSP’s new polling initiative, Pulse Check, explores AI in scholarly publishing and set out to understand how our communities are navigating this monumental shift. 

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Jan 9, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human?

Today’s guest blogger shares highlights from a recent panel at the New Directions Seminar that concluded AI is simultaneously the largest challenge and the largest opportunity.

  • By Steve Smith
  • Nov 6, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — The SSP 48th Annual Meeting: Affirming Scholarly Publishing’s Essential Function

Get fired up for the SSP 48th Annual Meeting with inspiration from members of the Planning Committee!

  • By Jessie Slater, Greg Fagan, Marianne Calilhanna
  • Oct 31, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Insights from the SSP Organizational Compensation and Benefits Study

Building on SSP’s spring results of the individual compensation and benefits study, Melanie Dolechek shares insights from the organizational survey — a slide of the survey data that provides useful benchmarks on policies and practices across publishing organizations.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Oct 24, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen and Saying Thanks to a Few Departing Chefs

Today we welcome Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen to The Scholarly Kitchen as a full time Chef and say goodbye to several long-term Chefs (and offer our thanks for all the wisdom they’ve shared with us).

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 14, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

SSP’s Generations Fund Crosses the Finish Line

SSP Thanks Individual & Organizational Contributors to the Generations Fund!

  • By Society for Scholarly Publishing
  • Oct 10, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

New Directions in Scholarly Publishing: What We’re Looking Forward to This Year

What can you expect from this fall’s New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar in Washington, DC?

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Ginny Herbert
  • Sep 12, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post – Where Do We All Fit In? Reflections on Belonging, Purpose, and Progress in Scholarly Publishing

Today’s guest post by Deja Forte declares: Publishing isn’t just about systems and standards; it’s about people. Each of us has the power to build bridges between knowledge and the lives it’s meant to benefit.

  • By Deja Forte
  • Sep 10, 2025
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Trust and Integrity: A Research Imperative

Libraries and publishers represent the interests of thousands of authors, readers, scientists, researchers, students, and lifelong learners. Today, we stand united to face the mounting risks to public trust and the social benefit that research delivers. 

  • By Teresa Anderson, Peter Berkery, Melanie Dolechek, Andrew K. Pace, Caroline Sutton
  • Jul 9, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Ask the Librarians: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?

Librarian attendees reflect on their experiences at SSP’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Jun 25, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Ask The Fellows: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?

The 2025 SSP Fellows reflect on their experiences at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Jun 20, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Ask The Chefs: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?

The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs reflect on what they took away from the conversations and vibes at the 2025 SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Charlie Rapple, Roy Kaufman, Robert Harington, Alice Meadows, Randy Townsend
  • Jun 9, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • 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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