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.
Today’s guest blogger asks: How much do we read today? How do reading habits vary across generations? What should libraries and publishers do to encourage reading?
Today’s guest bloggers call for society publishers to recognize their unique role in shaping the systems researchers use to discover and evaluate knowledge.
As AI-driven search reduces friction in information-seeking, what happens to serendipity, frustration, and “night science”?
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.
Today’s post paves a clear path forward in making AI work for publishers in the brave new agentic world.
Today’s guest bloggers reflect on the experience of “imposter syndrome” and how we might adopt a new approach to moments of uncertainty and change.
Today’s guest post features an interview with William Gunn discussing how AI will (or won’t!) change the future of reference management tools.
Todd Carpenter looks back on the past quarter century of a digital revolution in scholarly publishing.
Today’s guest post spotlights a new scientific intelligence engine inspired by Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolution and the mission to give humanity the ability to see its own progress while it unfolds.
In today’s guest post, Wendy Queen (JHUP) speaks with Trevor Owens (AIP) about how the tools and sensibilities of the humanities are helping to preserve the record of the physical sciences.
Today’s guest blogger shares highlights from a recent panel at the New Directions Seminar that concluded AI is simultaneously the largest challenge and the largest opportunity.
If libraries are civic institutions that structure society’s relationship to knowledge, and generative AI is poised to reshape discovery whether libraries act or not, will library leaders will develop strategies that preserve trust, equity, and sustainability?
Today’s guest bloggers share insights into the fragmented, tiring, and uncertain digital landscape for academics, and evidence that a shift is underway — with implications for scholarly communication that may be far-reaching.
In honor of International OA Week, The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs ponder the theme: Who owns our knowledge?