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.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 19: An Ear to SSP’s 2024 Annual Meeting
This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast offers a ‘vox pop’ peek into the 2024 SSP Annual Meeting with a recap and on-site interviews with attendees. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science).
Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness Mondays: It’s OK to Talk ‘Mental Health’, Isn’t it? Two Founders, Two Opinions
Mental health affects everyone across an organization. Today we explore insights on mental health with the founders and leaders of two industry organizations. What are the challenges of starting your own business and keeping it running?
Ask the Fellows: SSP 2024 Annual Meeting
We asked the 2024 SSP Fellows, “What was the highlight of attending SSP 2024 for you?”
18 Life Lessons
Charlie Rapple shares 18 hard-won nuggets of wisdom to ease your passage through your career, and through your life.
Guest Post — A Global Network for Early Career Research Integrity Practitioners
The World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation (WCRIF) is building a network of early career researchers and professionals in research integrity to promote peer-to-peer mentorship, supports researchers in furthering their careers in RI, and fostering a global community that supports research with integrity.
Can Parents in Academia “Have it All”?
How can academia better accommodate the diverse needs of parents striving to balance their research pursuits with family responsibilities?
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.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 18: Industry Events for First-Timers
This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast shares tips for first-time conference attendees. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science).
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Leading with Mental Health Awareness
The work of mental health awareness begins with an analysis of your approach to leadership and a concerted investment in creating the conditions for others to thrive.
Guest Post — Researcher to Reader Recap
Heather Staines offers a recap of the most recent Researcher to Reader meeting.
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Mental Health Awareness Mondays on The Scholarly Kitchen
The Scholarly Kitchen’s Mental Health Awareness Working Group has been active for around six months now. With May designated as Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to take a look back at what we’ve achieved, and a look forward to what we are planning for the rest of 2024.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: The Menopausal Effect on the Workforce
This anonymous post is meant to to begin to normalize conversations about menopause and to bring awareness of it in the workforce. This topic affects all staff in some way, and we call on our leadership and HR professionals to lead the way in these conversations.
Inclusivity is Making This Year’s SSP Annual Meeting Better than Ever
Behind the scenes, we’ve been working over the last 9 months to re-engineer the SSP’s Annual Meeting program to include more new voices in our industry, and we can’t wait to share the results with you.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Tasha Mellins-Cohen of COUNTER
In today’s Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Executive Director of COUNTER Metrics (formerly Project COUNTER), which plays a critical role in enabling consistent usage metrics reporting.