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Standing Up, Standing Proud, Standing Together: Inside the Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit and the Movement for Equity in Scholarly Publishing: Part 1

Part 1 of a look at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ inaugural Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit, which brought together industry leaders, content creators, and allies to explore strategies for fostering inclusivity and accessibility within the publishing ecosystem

  • By Randy Townsend, Damita Snow, Maxine Aldred
  • Apr 1, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — AI Isn’t Going to Pay for Content … Part Two: The Path Forward

Today’s post paves a clear path forward in making AI work for publishers in the brave new agentic world.

  • By Jonathan Woahn
  • Jan 29, 2026
  • 21 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Hot Takes on the First Quarter of 21st Century Scholarly Publishing

Todd Carpenter looks back on the past quarter century of a digital revolution in scholarly publishing.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jan 8, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

The Year in Review: 2025 in The Scholarly Kitchen

Before we plunge into 2026, a look back at 2025, a difficult year for many in the scholarly community.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 5, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Google’s Last Last Year in Search

The year in search at Google — is this the last one of these we’ll see?

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 12, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Preserving Human Ingenuity for a Future Planet Ruled By Octopuses

An engineer and musician teaches an octopus to play the piano.

  • By David Crotty
  • Nov 14, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post — How Changes to ADA Title II Impact Libraries, and What We Can Do to Respond, Part 2

Today’s guest blogger argues librarians have been advocates for accessibility of digital content long before ADA Title II — and they have a role in responding to the latest regulatory updates.

  • By Latia Ward
  • Oct 27, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

How Printing Was Revolutionized By Cake. Sort Of.

Discover the flong: a papier-mâché mold that revolutionized 19th-century printing, blending ingenious tech with a dash of pastry-inspired charm.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Oct 17, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Scholarship is Like Music: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Just as scholarly knowledge development is based on previous research findings, popular musicians stand on the shoulders of Pachelbel’s Canon.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Oct 3, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

The Death of the LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Line

In today’s post, Teodoro (Teo) Pulvirenti and Marianne Calilhanna join Randy Townsend to unpack the disturbing topic of suicide among the LGBTQ+ community.

  • By Randy Townsend, Teodoro Pulvirenti, Marianne Calilhanna
  • Sep 29, 2025
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

What’s the Magic Word?

What’s the magic word? Is it “please”? “Abracadabra”? Wingardium leviosa”? Why are humans drawn to incantations and affirmations?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 22, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

INFIDEO Friday: How AI is Changing Our Search Experiences

What happens when AI-infused information systems increasingly provide answers rather than directing people to sources?

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Aug 15, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

The AI Slop Overload Does Not Taste Good

AI-generated recipes are taking over the internet. How do they taste?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 8, 2025
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post — When the Front Door Moves: How AI Threatens Scholarly Communities and What Publishers Can Do

AI-enabled discovery and summarization tools seem like magic to end users, but for publishers it looks like disintermediation.

  • By Ben Kaube, Steve Smith
  • Jul 7, 2025
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Devil is in the Details, Specifically, Titivillus, the “Medieval Demon of Typos”

Have you been visited by Titivillus, the demon of typographical errors?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 13, 2025
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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