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Guest Post:  Many Patches Make a Quilt — SSP’s Membership Survey

Here we present the results from the SSP biannual membership survey.

  • By Sharon Mattern Büttiker
  • Jun 12, 2024
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Results of the 4th Annual SSP Professional Skills Survey

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Career Development Committee is pleased to announce the 4th annual Professional Skills Survey and updated Professional Skills Map.

  • By Kate Heaney, Mandy Brannon, Jacklyn Lord, Cason Lynley
  • May 22, 2024
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The Scholarly Kitchen at Ten: Results of our First Readership Survey

Earlier this year we carried out our first readership survey and today we are happy to share the preliminary results in this post by Alice Meadows, one of the group responsible for the survey.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jun 29, 2018
  • 11 Comments

Retirement Wave To Hit Academic Librarianship

Like other greying professions, demographic data for ARL libraries warn us of a breaking wave of retirements but may paint an unrealistic picture of what the beach will look like after the surf has settled.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 19, 2017
  • 17 Comments

Defining Moment — What Do We Mean When We Say “Diversity”?

The term “diversity” can be thrown around like we know what it means, but it is highly contextual, not always visual, and tricky to implement meaningfully.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 11, 2017
  • 12 Comments

Going APE — Thoughts and Insights with a European Perspective

The Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) meeting in Europe is 10 years old, but feels as fresh and frisky as some of the meetings in the US used to. This report touches on some of the most interesting threads of two days’ worth of interesting presentations and conversations.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 26, 2015
  • 35 Comments

Internet Trends 2013 — Growth in Iran, Gaps in Mobile Ads, and Dogs Caught Using the Internet

The 2013 Internet trends are worth examining, as they turn an iconic Internet cartoon on its head, among other things.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 6, 2013
  • 1 Comment

"Librarians" — An Endangered Species?

A recent analysis suggests some worrisome trends for librarianship.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 25, 2011
  • 16 Comments

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