Guest Post — Fiesole 2025: A Step Back to Move Forward in the Era of ‘Postnormal Publishing’
A report from this year’s Fiesole Retreat: Learning from the Past, Informing the Future.
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.
Announcing the Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact
Five scholarly publishing associations partner to launch a new award recognizing innovation and impact in scholarly communications.
The Top Ten Challenges, Needs, and Goals of Publishers – and How AI Can Help in Digital Transformation and the Open Science Movement
As artificial intelligence begins to play an ever-bigger role in the scholarly publishing landscape, how might it help solve some of the biggest challenges facing publishers?
Guest Post — How Generative AI Could Transform Scholarly Publishing: Themes and Reflections from Interviews with Industry Leaders
A new study from Ithaka S+R explores: How will generative AI transform scholarly communication and where will change be most rapid and revolutionary?
Silverchair Buys ScholarOne from Clarivate
Analysis from Roger Schonfeld on today’s news that Silverchair is buying ScholarOne from Clarivate, a transaction that realigns infrastructure and allows each to focus on its strengths.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Wendy Queen of Project MUSE
In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Wendy Queen, Director, Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world.
Web-scale Institutional Search: How are Vendors Responding to ODI Recommendations?
Providers of library discovery services reflect on the impact and value of NISO’s Open Discovery Initiative.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Laurie G. Arp of Lyrasis
In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Laurie G. Arp of Lyrasis, whose mission is to support enduring access to the world’s shared academic, scientific and cultural heritage.
Guest Post — Elevating Scholarly Publishing through Collaboration: Insights from Publisherspeak US 2023 Part 2
Part two of a look back at the Publisherspeak meeting — today’s themes: metadata infrastructure and diversity in authorship and editorial processes.
Guest Post — Speak Finance: Gain University Support for Open Scholarship
The federal government is mandating that the knowledge and data produced from federal grants be widely available for our collective good. Libraries remain under-resourced to make this happen. Let’s add some new metrics and language to this narrative to help articulate the value of libraries.
Guest Post — Navigating the Drift: Persistence Challenges in the Digital Scientific Record and the Promise of dPIDs
The internet was not designed to provide a permanent digital record of scientific research. This post looks at current approaches to addressing the shortcomings of the existing Internet technology, identify remaining bottlenecks, and suggest how they could be resolved. Upgrades to the backbone of the scientific record could go a long way toward addressing the replication crisis and the increasing challenges for publishers to spot fake research.
What to Do with the AI Elephant in the Room: A NISO Plus Conference Report
A report from the fifth annual NISO Plus Conference, focusing on AI, metadata, and interoperability for scholarly communications.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Alicia Wise of CLOCKSS
In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Alicia Wise of CLOCKSS, the digital archive for academic publishers and research libraries.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Sami Benchekroun of Morressier
In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Sami Benchekroun, CEO of Morressier, which provides publishers with workflows that ensure research integrity.