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Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Hylke Koers of STM Solutions

In today’s Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer for STM Solutions about his organization and his career in scholarly infrastructure

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Sep 9, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Revisiting: Libraries and the Contested Terrain of “Neutrality”

Revisiting Rick Anderson’s 2022 post which asks, are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Sep 3, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Understanding Resilience in Scholarly Publishing

In a world full of natural and man-made shocks and stresses, we need to be resilient against those affecting the academic publishing ecosystem.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Aug 22, 2024
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Brian Cody of Scholastica

In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Alice Meadows talks to Brian Cody, CEO of Scholastica, a provider of software solutions for scholarly organizations — of all types — that publish journals.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Aug 21, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Ensuring the Sustainability of Print

Mindful of ecological factors, decision-making regarding print production shifts, balancing innovation with pragmatism.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Aug 20, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Variability, Irregular Publisher Metadata, and the Ongoing Evolution of Databases Complicates Reproducibility in Bibliometrics Research

Bibliometric databases are essential tools for research and publishing strategy. But the variability in how they parse publisher metadata and their constant evolution makes it difficult, if not impossible, to exactly reproduce any given piece of research.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 15, 2024
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Resetting and Recharging Research Communications in the Sun of Los Angeles: A FORCE11 Conference Report

The FORCE11 conference at UCLA lays the groundwork to continue its efforts to transform research communications and e-scholarship.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Aug 14, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Never Waste a Good Crisis: A Conversation with Klaas Sijtsma, Former Rector Magnificus of Tilburg University

An interview with Klaas Sijtsma discussing the importance of statistical analysis in research integrity.

  • By Natalie Simon
  • Aug 7, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 19: An Ear to SSP’s 2024 Annual Meeting

This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast offers a ‘vox pop’ peek into the 2024 SSP Annual Meeting with a recap and on-site interviews with attendees. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science).

  • By Meredith Adinolfi, Sara Grimme
  • Jul 31, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

AI-Enabled Transformation of Information Objects Into Learning Objects

A look at how AI tools support transforming information access into information comprehension.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Jul 30, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah, Lettie Y. Conrad, Dianndra Roberts
  • Jul 29, 2024
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 14 mins

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.

  • By Marcel LaFlamme
  • Jul 24, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — New Directions Seminar: Reverse Roundtables Kept the Post-Lunch Conversations Going!

What are the new directions in scholarly publishing? Check out the unique “reverse roundtable” discussions at SSP’s New Directions seminar!

  • By Matt Cannon, Heather Staines, Jordan Schilling
  • Jul 23, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Woefully Insufficient Publisher Policies on Author AI Use Put Research Integrity at Risk

Do publishers really understand what tools researchers are using and how they are using them? Can we do more to create better policies based on real use cases and not hypothetical conjecture about what AI might do in the future?

  • By Avi Staiman
  • Jul 22, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

What To Do Once the Paper is Retracted: NISO Issues Recommended Practice on the Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern

New NISO guidance on clear consistent display of retraction information will reduce inadvertent reuse of erroneous research.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jul 16, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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