AI Will Lead Us to Need More Garbage-subtraction.
Generative AI wants to make information cheap, but will people want to read it? Are we ready for more productive writers?
Redefining “Normal” in Academia
The traditional “normal” in academia often lacks the richness and dynamism required for robust intellectual discourse and innovation. How can we cultivate a “personalized normal” that celebrates the uniqueness of researchers and empowers them to communicate their discoveries innovatively?
Chefs Panel Discusses AI, Integrity and Open Content in Frankfurt
A report of the Chef’s panel on AI, Open content, and research integrity during the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Guest Post — Striking a Balance: Humans and Machines in the Future of Peer Review and Publishing
How do we strike a balance between humans and AI to improve peer review? We’ve interviewed a few publishing experts who specialize in human and AI ethical, equitable, and sustainable publishing solutions to share their thoughts on the future of peer review.
Guest Post — The Paradox of Hyperspecialization and Interdisciplinary Research
How does the shift to interdisciplinary research reshape the very foundation of how knowledge is generated and applied across various fields and what do the different stakeholders in academia need to do to balance the depth of specialized knowledge with the breadth of interdisciplinary understanding?
Web-scale Institutional Search: What are Publishers Doing Today?
Twelve years after the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) launched, I wonder: How are scholarly content providers leveraging ODI conformance statements to drive transparency and usage via web-scale library discovery services?
Will Building LLMs Become the New Revenue Driver for Academic Publishing?
Are scholarly publishers primed to become the critical content suppliers for the big Generative AI companies?
Guest Post — Academia’s Versatility Demand: Examining the Pressure on Researchers to Master Diverse Skills
What are the burdens researchers face? And what can be done to lighten the load and make the academic environment more diverse, equitable, inclusive, safe, and welcoming?
Reading the Movie
Looking for a good summer read? Those with a love for good mysteries and classic films have a treat in store!
Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Hong Zhou
Today we welcome a new Chef in the Kitchen, Hong Zhou.
Revisiting: Who Has All The Content?
Revisiting a post from 2017: Several services aim to gather all publications comprehensively. Who has all the content?
Guest Post — Students Need to Learn How to Read Scholarly Articles: Here’s How Technology Can Help
A new collaboration between JSTOR and the social annotation tool Hypothesis has seen more instructional uses of content and greater engagement among students with the material.
Guest Post — Making Research Accessible: The arXiv Accessibility Forum Moved the Action Upstream
Shamsi Brinn (UX Manager at arXiv) and Bill Kasdorf (Principal of Kasdorf & Associates, LLC) discuss the recent Accessibility Forum hosted by arXiv. Over 2,000 people registered for the Forum; over 350 attended the live event; and hundreds more are accessing the recently published videos.
Ask the Vendors: SSP 2023 Annual Meeting
We check in with scholarly publishing vendors for their experiences at the 2023 SSP Annual meeting in Portland.
The Supreme Court Case of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: What, if Anything, Does it Mean to Artificial Intelligence?
The Supreme Court has ruled in the Andy Warhol–Prince fair use case. What does this mean for scholarly communications, and the reuse of materials for AI training?