Guest Post — Cultivating Serendipity and Protecting Night Science
As AI-driven search reduces friction in information-seeking, what happens to serendipity, frustration, and “night science”?
Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries
Today’s guest blogger says academic librarians don’t need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.
Economic Outlook for Scholarly Communications in 2026 — SSP Pulse Check Report
SSP’s second Pulse Check survey results paint a picture of an industry in defensive mode — cautious, structurally stressed, but not in freefall.
Keeping Knowledge Connected – at PIDfest 2026!
PIDfest is back and you’re invited! Find out more in today’s post by Alice Meadows about PIDfest 2026 (October 27-29, Leiden, The Netherlands).
Standing Up by Stepping Down
Today’s post discusses the impact and intention of DEIA advocacy and the value of taking a pause as an act of resistance and self-preservation.
Guest Post — AI Readiness and the New Value Equation in Scholarly Publishing
Today’s guest bloggers explain how semantic enrichment of scholarly content allows publishers to shape the next generation of technology by making it indispensable to AI.
Guest Post — Re-imagining Scholarly Integrity: The “Continuum of Consensus” Quality Control System
Today’s guest blogger proposes the “Continuum of Consensus” as a solution to shore up research integrity, peer review, and the public trust in scholarly research.
Guest Post — Diamond Open Access Needs Institutions, Not Heroes
Today’s guest blogger asks: What would it mean to support community-led publishing as infrastructure, rather than as a collection of heroic individual efforts?
From “AI helps me write” to “AI runs the workflow”: Eight Tech-trend Reports through a Publishing-and-learning Lens
A review of eight technology industry trend reports that offer a similar conclusion: AI is no longer a feature. It’s becoming infrastructure — and the unit of value is moving from “a better tool” to “a better system.”
Guest Post: The Human Heart of Science — Navigating AI Anxiety in the Academic World
Today’s guest blogger calls for “rehumanizing” our view on AI innovations and their impacts on our mental health and our communities.
Guest Post — There’s an Elephant in the Room, but Not in Your Usage Reports
Today’s guest bloggers spotlight a gap in traditional usage reporting, third-party AI usage, and recommend steps needed to recover missing usage data.
Guest Post — Putting the “U” in FAIR
Today’s guest blogger calls for adding “understandable” to the FAIR data principles, to ensure we do not surrender human knowledge in our rush for automation.
Guest Post — Why Science Communication Must be the Next Competitive Edge for Scholarly Publishers
Today’s guest bloggers assert that the future of the scholarly publishing depends on mastering science communication with the same rigor that global consumer brands apply to marketing.
Responding to the Threat of Zero-Click Search and AI Summaries: How Do We Tame The Crocodile?
AI-driven zero-click search is widening the gap between visibility and usage, threatening publisher revenue, research integrity, and trust. How should we respond?
Part 2 — Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) do About It
Current AI disclosure guidelines are failing and driving AI use underground rather than making it transparent. In this follow-up post, I turn to the more challenging question: what publishers should do about it.