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Why Scholarly Societies Must Compete Through Stewardship, Not Scale

Research disciplines require institutions that create cohesion, uphold standards, and provide continuity over time. Scholarly societies are uniquely positioned to serve that role credibly and durably.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Holly Koppel
  • May 20, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Scholarly Society Sustainability in an Unstable Publishing World: Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts 1, 2, and 3.

In this post, Robert attempts to embrace a gloomy optimism as he muses on the state of publishing at scholarly societies.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Mar 24, 2026
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

SEO Still Matters: Building Blocks for the Future of Content Discoverability

As the search and user behavior landscapes undergo dramatic evolutions, marketers and others are left to wonder what SEO means for publishers now.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen, Kristina Henrikson
  • Dec 9, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

American Psychological Association’s Stepped Approach to Managing Responsible AI: An Interview with Aaron Wood on Employee Policies, Rights Reservation, and Research Integrity

An interview with Aaron Wood, discussing the APA’s comprehensive approach to AI.

  • By Roy Kaufman
  • Apr 14, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Appeals Court Rules That Library of Congress Can No Longer Require Deposit of Published Works

An appeals court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the government to require deposit of published works in the Library of Congress

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Sep 5, 2023
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Antonia Seymour

Robert Harington talks to Antonia Seymour, CEO of IOP Publishing, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Mar 13, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Charles Watkinson

Robert Harington talks to Charles Watkinson, Associate University Librarian for Publishing at the University of Michigan and Director of the University of Michigan Press, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Mar 6, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 11: Industry Primer– Marketing in the Scholarly Publishing Landscape

This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast serves as a primer on the marketing role within scholarly publishing- what marketing professionals do, how they amplify the customer voice through products and services, and the various contexts and conversations this work can happen within.

  • By Meredith Adinolfi, Sara Grimme
  • Sep 9, 2022
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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.

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Jun 17, 2022
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Pearson Launches a Comprehensive Textbook Solution for Students. What Are Its Prospects?

Pearson is offering online access to its entire textbook collection for $15 a month. Will students go for it?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 2, 2021
  • 34 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing

This substantive work from John B. Thompson provides a historical overview and analysis of technological and legal challenges to publishing practices in the 21st century.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Jul 20, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Designing for Hybrid Work: The Silverchair Story

As many organizations are navigating reopening of offices and a hybrid work environment, Silverchair shares their process and learnings over recent months.

  • By Lily Garcia Walton
  • Jun 17, 2021
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Parallel Peer Review at Cell Press: An Interview with Deborah Sweet

Cell Press announces an experiment with parallel peer review.

  • By Tim Vines
  • Oct 15, 2020
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Talking About – and Maybe Even Selling – Books in a Pandemic

With their audiences in COVID-19 lockdown, publishers are testing out new marketing strategies while some authors are taking matters into their own hands.

  • By Karin Wulf, Lindsay M. Chervinsky
  • May 14, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Ask The Chefs: AI and Scholarly Communications

What is the future of AI in scholarly communications? How can applications of AI in scholarly communications effectively leverage research artifacts?

  • By Ann Michael
  • Apr 25, 2019
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

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