Guest Post — A Smarter Way to License Research Articles for AI
If LLMs are the future of information discovery, valuable scholarly content risks being left behind — unless we build a bridge with better licensing.
Guest Post — Well-meant Is Not Well-done: A Reply to “European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance”
While large international players showcase well-resourced compliance roadmaps toward accessibility compliance, many in the European publishing landscape are facing a more sobering reality: legal ambiguities, economic limits, and structural mismatches between regulatory goals and scholarly publishing practices.
Guest Post – Metrics Sonification of Team Size Effects on Disruptive Research
Data sonification is the process of translating data into sound. Here, Lutz Bornmann and Christian Leibel present the sonified results of a recent analysis of the impact of scientific team size on innovation.
Guest Post — Six Things Your Marketing Colleagues Wish You Knew
Industry pros offer a marketing manifesto of sorts, to help our non-marketing colleagues see behind the curtain and understand how to best leverage these critical team members.
Guest Post: Gatekeepers of Meaning — Peer Review, AI, and the Fight for Human Attention
Guest blogger, Ashutosh Ghildiyal, asks: Is AI for us, or are we for AI? In the all-important context of peer review, can we leverage AI to amplify human thought rather than replace us?
Better Together: ORCID and Other Researcher Identifiers
This post is based on a recently-published white paper by Alice Meadows and Josh Brown of MoreBrains Cooperative, in which they discuss why ORCID iDs work best in combination with other researcher identifiers — it’s ORCID and, not ORCID or…
Ask The Chefs — New Court Decisions Issued in Cases Addressing AI Training and Copyright
We asked the Chefs for their thoughts on two important court decisions on the legality of using copyrighted materials for AI training.
Reflections on Shared Infrastructure and Distinctive Collections
Roger Schonfeld reflects on lessons from more than 20 years conducting research and supporting the work of libraries, publishers, and the research enterprise.
We Need AI Standards for Scholarly Publishing: A NISO Workshop Report
NISO issues a report on workshops looking to improve the efficiency of working with AI systems in scholarly publishing
Guest Post — European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance
The deadline for the European Accessibility Act compliance is rapidly approaching. Here we discuss the challenges scholarly organizations face in achieving EAA compliance — and the strategies they’re implementing to address them.
Dispensed With A Matronly Air: Trust and AI
BBC Maestro has delivered a writing course taught by a speaking and moving on-screen image of Agatha Christie. Did the AI behind it succeed?
Guest Post — The Guidelines for Intersectional Analysis in Science and Technology (GIST): An Interview with Londa Schiebinger
A comprehensive set of recommendations designed to support researchers, peer-reviewed journals, and funding bodies in systematically incorporating intersectional perspectives have been formalized in the Guidelines for Intersectional Analysis in Science and Technology (GIST). Here we interview Londa Schiebinger, co-author of the Guidelines.
Guest Post — Beyond Efficiency: Reclaiming Creativity and Wellbeing in the Age of AI and Scholarly Publishing
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is by Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Ashutosh is a strategic leader in scholarly publishing with over 18 years of experience driving sustainable growth and global market expansion. He currently serves as Vice President of Growth and Strategy at […]
Guest Post — Fostering AI Adoption and Literacy Within Your Organization
How can organizations facilitate safe and comprehensive engagement with AI? And how can individuals within those organizations engage and advocate for their own AI literacy?
Guest Post — Gatekeepers of Trust: Reaffirming the Publisher’s Role in Service of the Reader
The most vital and enduring contribution of scholarly publishers is their role as gatekeepers — not as obstacles to knowledge but as stewards of quality, integrity, and trust.