Connecting Sustainable Development, Publishing Ethics, and the North-South Divide
Haseeb Irfanullah explores the Global North-South divide in scholarly publishing ethics in the context of sustainable development.
Information Experience Design: Holistic, Humanistic Solutions for Scholarly Products
For those in the business of information, it’s time to elevate our thinking from the transactional to the experiential. Information experience design (IXD) offers an inclusive, participatory approach that embraces the diversity of our user communities.
Why I Keep Hosting Debates: A Personal Reflection
I realized recently that I’ve been organizing formal debates at conferences for some time now. This has led me to reflect on why I do that.
Iterative Development, User-centered Design, and the Fear of Getting it Wrong in Publishing
User-centered design provides a model for improving services, but is the history of print holding publishers back?
Guest Post — Corporate Strategy and Program Management: The Key to Navigating Disruption
Laura Martin and Rashmi Verma take a look at how organizations handle change and disruption through strategic planning and structured execution.
The Other Diversity in Scholarly Publishing
After becoming a Scholarly Kitchen Chef back in July 2019, I have never stopped being amazed by the numerous dynamic issues and developments that scholarly publishing is dealing with. As a biologist by training, ‘diversity’ is the word that comes to mind.
Activision’s Roots and the Many Falls of Atari
With Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, it’s time for a look back at Activision’s roots, and the company that spawned it, Atari.
Elsevier’s ScienceDirect as Content Supercontinent?
Does today’s news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar?
Life in a Liminal Space; Or, The Journey Shapes the Destination
A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next’. It is a period of transition, uncertainty, and multiple paths forward. The first wave of an open access transition is upon us, driven by the APC model, moving us to favor quantity over quality, and resulting in massive consolidation in many areas of the market. What comes next?
Revisiting — Journalism, Preprint Servers, and the Truth: Allocating Accountability
In light of the recent anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, we revisit Rick Anderson’s post on how journalists flag unsupported claims and blatant falsehoods, and whether preprint platforms should do the same.
Guest Post – Perspectives on a “Unified Approach” to the Future of Open Access
There is value in exploring the concept of different perspectives on open access in order to begin to develop a “unified approach to open”.
Make Way for the Metaverse
This is where innovation happens, not among the gods on Mount Olympus but in small, tangible ways where people go about their lives and try to improve them a little bit at a time. We all work together, unknowingly, making things better, faster, cheaper.
Libraries in The Scholarly Communications Ecosystem, SSP Early Career Development Podcast Ep 9
Episode 9 of the SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast discusses what libraries mean to the scholarly communications ecosystem.
More on Checking out Library Books
More about books about libraries and librarians, with a compilation of suggested readings.
The Future State of Our Scholarly Publishing Vendors
When more and more societies move to commercial publisher partnerships, what happens to the vendor landscape? Angela Cochran looks at the current status and future implications.