Building a Voluntary Contribution Transaction System
Here I propose a framework for a Voluntary Contribution Transaction system to recognize the voluntary contributions in the scholarly workflow and to give tangible benefits to the volunteers.
The ORCID US Consortium at Five: What’s Worked, What Hasn’t, and Why?
The ORCID US consortium, managed by Lyrasis, is five years old in 2023 – hear about their progress so far and plans for the future in Alice Meadows’ interview with their PID Program Leader, Sheila Raybun
Guest Post — Street Books: A Non-profit Mobile Library Serving the Houseless Residents of Portland
An interview with Laura Moulton, founder of Street Books, a mobile library which serves Portland’s houseless community. SSP annual meeting attendees are invited to bring paperback books to donate to Street Books.
SXSW Interactive: Slow Down To Speed Up
Back to SXSW this year! Hear about the conference, the speakers, and the themes. Tell us what resonates with you the most!
Guest Post – How Do We Measure Success for Open Science?
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz discusses PLOS’s Open Science Indicators initiatives and shares initial results.
Adieu to Educopia: An Interview with Katherine Skinner
Read about the history of Educopia and look ahead to its future in today’s interview with co-founder Katherine Skinner, who recently stepped down as their Executive Director
Off for Labor Day: Get Behind the Mule
We are off for the US Labor Day holiday, but wanted to say thanks to all who do the hard work of scholarly communications.
Let’s Talk About the Volunteers in Scholarly Publishing
Haseeb Irfanullah takes a look at how volunteerism shapes scholarly communication.
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.
Introducing STM Solutions – An interview with Hylke Koers and Ian Moss
On April 1, STM Innovations was launched. Chef Todd Carpenter spoke with the new CIO Hylke Koers and Ian Moss to discuss its mission and goals
Guest Post — Reckoning with Whiteness in Scholarly Publishing — UPDATED
University presses are deeply committed to scholarship that shines a critical light on racist systems and histories, and to scholarly projects that seek to decolonize and make more equitable our human stores of knowledge. Do we practice what we publish?
Revisiting: The Problem(s) With Credit for Peer Review
Revisiting a 2015 post to ask whether we are any closer to offering researchers credit for non-research activities?