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Chefs’ Selections: Best Media Enjoyed in 2025 (Part 2)

In the second of our Chef’s Selections series for 2025, we pause to look back on the best books, music, shows, and other cultural expressions we encountered in 2025.

  • By Angela Cochran, Lettie Y. Conrad, Jill O'Neill, Charlie Rapple
  • Dec 5, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

How Printing Was Revolutionized By Cake. Sort Of.

Discover the flong: a papier-mâché mold that revolutionized 19th-century printing, blending ingenious tech with a dash of pastry-inspired charm.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Oct 17, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Guest Post – From Publications to Policy: How Research Is Driving Progress on the SDGs

Today’s guest bloggers share analysis on the relationship between impact and policy during Global Goals Week 2025.

  • By Nicola Jones, Katie Shamash
  • Sep 26, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post – Where Do We All Fit In? Reflections on Belonging, Purpose, and Progress in Scholarly Publishing

Today’s guest post by Deja Forte declares: Publishing isn’t just about systems and standards; it’s about people. Each of us has the power to build bridges between knowledge and the lives it’s meant to benefit.

  • By Deja Forte
  • Sep 10, 2025
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Ask The Chefs: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?

The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs reflect on what they took away from the conversations and vibes at the 2025 SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Charlie Rapple, Roy Kaufman, Robert Harington, Alice Meadows, Randy Townsend
  • Jun 9, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Discouraged, but not Dissuaded: The 2025 SSP President’s Address

Heather Staines Presidential Address from the SSP 2025 Annual Meeting.

  • By Heather Staines
  • Jun 2, 2025
  • 20 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

A Tumultuous Week at the Library of Congress

Changes in Library of Congress leadership could have profound impacts on copyright and intellectual freedom.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • May 15, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Trump v. Research: How We Could Turn the Threats into Opportunities

Alice Meadows and guest chef Suze Kundu look at how, by acting collectively across all stakeholder groups, we could turn the Trump administration’s threats against research into opportunities

  • By Alice Meadows, Suze Kundu
  • Apr 30, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 2)

How should we think about the problems of misinformation and disinformation in the context of scholarly publishing, research, and libraries?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 8, 2025
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

In an Age of Chaos, Some Things Remain Constant. Like, Gravity…

In chaotic times, we must look for reliable things, like the joy of dropping stuff off a tall building…

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 4, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

New STM 2029 Trends Report Provides a Bridge to the Future

Todd Carpenter describes the new 2029 STM Trends report, which provides a vision and a bridge to the future for the community.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Apr 3, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Humanities as Canary: Understanding this Crisis Now

The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Apr 2, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

What We Can Learn About Languages from the Words for Parts of the Body

Because body parts have always been with us, they can tell us a lot about the development of languages.

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 7, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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).

  • By Meredith Adinolfi, Sara Grimme
  • Jul 31, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Guest Post: Improving Methods Reporting in the Life Sciences

What can we do to encourage and improve methods reporting in scientific articles? A new report summarizes recommendations for editors and publishers alike.

  • By Marcel LaFlamme
  • Jul 24, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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