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Smorgasbord: Trends from the Spring 2023 Meetings and Conferences

It’s conference season in scholarly communications. Between them, the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs have been / will be at 9 events around the world in the 6 week stretch from early April to mid May. In a series of “Smorgasbord” posts, Chefs will share some of the key themes emerging for our sector. This week: Charlie Rapple reports from EARMA, Roy Kaufman from the London Book Fair, and David Crotty from STM. 

  • By Charlie Rapple, Roy Kaufman, David Crotty
  • May 11, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Unnecessary Research Bureaucracy is Killing Academic Productivity, But it IS Fixable

Research bureaucracy and administrative burden has become so overpowering that many researchers are reporting that they don’t have time to do any research anymore. Phill Jones argues that technology in the form of PIDs will go a long way to fixing this.

  • By Phill Jones
  • Dec 5, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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