Much of the scholarly publishing sector has already experienced a flight to scale. Today, Roger Schonfeld asks: Is a major consolidation among humanities and social sciences publishers coming next?
Robert Harington talks to Judy Verses, President Academic and Government Markets, Elsevier, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
Robert Harington talks to Vikram Savkar, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Medicine Segment of Health Learning, Research & Practice, Wolters Kluwer, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
Robert Harington talks to Jay Flynn, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research at Wiley, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
Robert Harington talks to Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Officer for Springer Nature in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
Robert Harington talks to Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press in this new series of perspectives from some of publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson reflect on the OSTP’s response to their interview questions, and on some implications of those responses and of the memo itself.
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson interview Dr. Alondra Nelson, acting director of the White House Office on Science & Technology Policy when the new OSTP memo was published.
Charles Watkinson and Lisa Bayer discuss the work of the SSP and AUPresses’ Joint Task Force on Career Progression, aimed at better categorizing publishing positions and promotional pathways.
Silverchair, which provides vital digital infrastructure for the publishing sector, will remain independent (for now, at least) as a result of new majority ownership by private equity.
An interview with principals of the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable, whose work significantly shaped the Holdren Memo on public access to federally-funded research.
Joe Esposito looks back at a 2011 post offering a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.
Emily Farrell from MIT Press discusses how collective open book models offer a chance to help many stakeholders across academic publishing share expertise to make processes easier, costs lower, and access to knowledge more collaborative.
How can not-for-profit organizations outcompete their commercial rivals? Revisiting Joe Esposito’s 2011 post that lays out a blueprint for success.
The scholarly publishing community must reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to the global climate emergency. Here are some thoughts on how we can take a leading role in these efforts.