Inclusive R&D: Can it Become the Rule, Not an Exception?
Inclusive publishing and design practices should be the status quo and not an afterthought.
Point/Counterpoint on the Framing of DEIA Efforts: Should We Separate the Personal from the Professional?
Today we offer a double-post, with a proposal and a response concerning how we frame our efforts toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as a community.
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.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Wendy Queen of Project MUSE
In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Wendy Queen, Director, Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world.
Guest Post — Shipping up to Boston? Plan Some Workers’ Playtime during the SSP Annual Meeting
Heading to Boston for the SSP’s annual meeting? Here’s an insiders’ guide to the city.
Guest Post – Reconnecting by Reading: A Selection of Books About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Part 2
We learn from each other and about each other through reading. Today part 2 of 2 where we have asked members of the SSP community to recommend books about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility matters.
Guest Post – Reconnecting by Reading: A Selection of Books About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Part 1
We learn from each other and about each other through reading. Today part 1 of 2 where we have asked members of the SSP community to recommend books about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility matters.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Building a Supportive Workplace: Reflections on Mental Health Initiatives and Adaptation
Mental health is all around us and affects everyone. Instead of focusing on labeling it, we should strive for understanding, compassion, and support for every individual’s unique mental well-being journey.
Navigating the Future of Higher Education: Cultivating Global Citizens and Embracing Transnational Education
Efforts to expand educational accessibility and foster global collaboration are on the rise. Realizing the full potential of Transnational Education (TNE) requires an examination of the regulatory frameworks that have been established to navigating cultural inclusivity, and gaining deeper insights into the distinction between TNE and online learning.
Guest Post — Researcher to Reader Recap
Heather Staines offers a recap of the most recent Researcher to Reader meeting.
Ask the Community: What Do Campus Disability Services Staff Most Want Publishers to Know?
We asked Campus Disability Services leaders, “What would you most like Publishers to know?”
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: The Menopausal Effect on the Workforce
This anonymous post is meant to to begin to normalize conversations about menopause and to bring awareness of it in the workforce. This topic affects all staff in some way, and we call on our leadership and HR professionals to lead the way in these conversations.
Inclusivity is Making This Year’s SSP Annual Meeting Better than Ever
Behind the scenes, we’ve been working over the last 9 months to re-engineer the SSP’s Annual Meeting program to include more new voices in our industry, and we can’t wait to share the results with you.
Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness: What is Racial Battle Fatigue?
As we strive for a more equitable and inclusive future, how can we foster the well-being and potential of every individual, regardless of their ethnic or racial background?
“Mrs. Foster Has Sworn A Rape”; or, What Do We Owe? Generosity, Attribution, and the Perilous Invisibility of Research Infrastructure
Attribution has many virtues, but among them it can make visible the vast infrastructure of research for a public largely unaware or unconcerned with how much hard-won knowledge, including creative endeavor, that research has facilitated.