Social Media in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report
SSP’s latest Pulse Check survey offers a community-wide snapshot of social media in scholarly publishing as it stands today.
Guest Post — Legitimate but Not Loved: What Academic Librarians Think About AI
While it’s true that AI may be viewed as “legitimate,” it’s far from universally loved. Understanding that distinction tells us something important about how the technology may ultimately be adopted — and governed — within academia.
Academic Freedom for the Win; Open Access Mandate in Germany Declared Unconstitutional
A German court ruled against a mandatory article deposit requirement under Germany’s “secondary publication right” (SPR). Whatever the intentions, SPR is mainly going to contribute to the degradation of the record of science.
Guest Post — The US Government’s New Guidance for Federal Grants and The Case for Scholarly Societies
Today’s guest post is an urgent call for the SSP community to push back on the US government (OMB), which is poised to overhaul the concept of federal research grants.
Guest Post — Advancing Federated Identity in the Library Ecosystem
Federated identity should be a natural fit for library access. So why isn’t it?
Guest Post — Scholarly AI Search Shortcomings and the Need for Better Metadata
AI scholarly search tools often miss important literature due to incomplete metadata. Better full-text-derived metadata could significantly improve discovery.
The User Has Changed. Has Scholarly Publishing?
For scholarly publishers, the user has changed faster than the systems designed to serve them, and the gap between the two is where most of the difficult work is happening.
Announcing The Scholarly Kitchen’s Style Guide
Today we announce The Scholarly Kitchen’s new style guide for Chefs and guest bloggers alike.
Guest Post — Love, Death & Robots: Scholarly Edition
Today’s guest post proposes a method for identifying, measuring, and managing robotic usage of scholarly content.
Guest Post — SSP Annual Meeting: The Highlights are Coming
Today, members of SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Program Committee share reflections for all attendees — including those joining the Highlights Webinar on June 17, 2026.
Guest Post — The SSP Annual Meeting: Keeping the Faith in Unsettled Times
Today, co-chairs for SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Planning Committee discuss what they’re most excited to deliver in this year’s program.
Ask the Librarians: Recapping a Scholarly Kitchen Roundtable at the 2025 Charleston Library Conference
Today’s post recaps a lively roundtable conversation with library and information science experts who have been guest bloggers for TSK and active SSP participants.
STM Plants a Flag About Responsible Use of Research Content in GenAI
A new STM Association paper seeks to foster a discussion about how GenAI systems can reliably incorporate scholarly research.
Guest Post — Academic Freedom Under Pressure: What Academic Publishers Can Do
Today’s post is an urgent call to push back against global trends in academic censorship and threats to free speech in scholarly communications.
AI in Peer Review: Revisiting an 8-year-old Debate
In 2018 at SSP New Directions, Neil Blair Christensen and Angela Cochran participated in an Oxford debate on the use of AI in Peer Review. Today, they revisit their main points and reflect on where they think we are today and will likely be in another 8 years.