What is Slang and How Does it Die?
Why are companies so effective at ruining slang?
Leadership and Accountability Matter for a Sustainable Publishing Ecosystem
How can we provide both leadership and accountability across the publishing ecosystem toward the Sustainable Development Goals?
Preparing Editors for Emerging Challenges
Haseeb Irfanullah discusses how Communities of Practice can improve scholarly communications by capitalizing on our collective experiences.
The Power Imbalances of Language Policing
Is there a “right” way to speak, or is language policing more revealing about the anxiety of the scolder than the expression of the speaker?
Guest Post — The PLOS Union
PLOS staff are unionizing. How its leadership responds is a test of its vision for inclusive publishing.
See You in Portland! SSP Annual Meeting Panels featuring Scholarly Kitchen Chefs (and a Song to Get You There)
Here’s where you can find Scholarly Kitchen Chefs at the SSP Annual Meeting.
Guest Post — Workplace Equity 2023 Versus 2018: Reckoning or Retrenchment?
We invite you to participate in the 2023 Workplace Equity Survey. What has changed since the last (2018) Survey? Is DEIA still a priority, or are we seeing organizations take a step back?
Guest Post: Pushing for Equity and Diversity in Scholarship through Open Access: Lessons Learned and Perspective from the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
Raymond Pun, Sai Deng, and Guoying (Grace) Liu on the challenge of advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion within scholarly communications when your own institution isn’t “there” yet.
Guest Post — Accelerating DEIA — Lessons from the Society for Scholarly Publishing
The experiences of the Society for Scholarly Publishing DEIA committee can inform DEIA efforts throughout our industry. Here Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, and Shaina Lange present key lessons learned.
Guest Post – Manifesto for a New Read Deal
A.J. Boston offers a route for managing closed access e-serials in a way that finds the best value for libraries, the most content for users, keeps publishers solvent, and experiments on behalf of equity.
Guest Post — Do Libraries Still Dream Unified Dreams? Part 2
Today’s post looks at loosely coupled software and services that together could be used to create a modular library system. What are the merits, and flaws, of such an approach and what can libraries (and technology providers) do to remedy some of the less desired effects of such strategies?
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.
Guest Post — An Inspiring and Sustainable Future for Scholarly Events
Paul Killoran, CEO of Ex Ordo reflects on the future of scholarly events and makes a case for innovation.
SSP’s Generations Fund Exceeds Halfway Point: SSP Thanks 259 Individual & Organizational Contributors
The SSPs Generations Fund hits a milestone and we’d like to acknowledge our supporters.
Call for Carbon Neutrality in Scholarly Publishing
The ISMTE DEI Advisory Committee calls on the field of scholarly publishing to set goals and actively work to achieve operational carbon and climate neutrality.