The North is Drawing the South Closer, But, This is Not the Whole Picture of Geographical Inclusion
Geographical inclusion in scholarly publishing needs to do more than just drawing the Global South closer to the Global North.
Revisiting: Breaking the Silence: the #MeToo Moment in Scholarly Communication
Revisiting Alison Mudditt’s 2018 post on sexual harassment in our community. What has changed in the last three years, and what can we continue to do to eradicate this behavior for the next generation of women.
Revisiting: Is There a Business Case for Open Data?
Revisiting Tim Vines’ 2017 post — Open data continues to gain ground, but is there a revenue stream that would help journals recover the costs of gathering, reviewing and publishing data?
Popularizing Cosmology: The Example of Katie Mack
It also can be something of a trap for a well-intentioned academic who wants to write for this audience, as writing for the lay person is often contemptuously dismissed as “popularization.” Woe to the academic who puts an article from The Atlantic or a book from Simon & Schuster into her tenure portfolio! It takes courage. My view is that these brave souls should be called out and celebrated. They are my heroes.
Guest Post — Enabling your Organization to be Antiracist
To celebrate the launch of C4DISC’s Antiracism Toolkit for Organizations, Damita Snow and Jocelyn Dawson sat down with Laura Martin and Megan Seyler to share why they are excited about this toolkit and what they hope it will achieve.
The Curse of More, or, Does Anybody Have Any Time Left to Do Research?
When do new approaches to research communication become an end unto themselves? How much more work can we pile on researchers? Is more information always better than less?
“Positively Disrupt(ing) Research Culture for the Better”: An Interview with Alexandra Freeman of Octopus
Octopus is a new sharing platform that hopes to disrupt research culture for the better. An interview with founder Dr. Alexandra Freeman.
Revisiting — The Tyranny of Unintended Consequences: Richard Poynder on Open Access and the Open Access Movement
Looking back at Richard Poynder’s in-depth analysis of the state of open access. What’s changed since then?
Guest Post — One Publisher to Rule Them All? Consolidation Trends in the Scholarly Communications and Research Sectors
Jon Treadway and Sarah Greaves look at the consolidation of the scholarly communications market and where it is leading.
Pearson Launches a Comprehensive Textbook Solution for Students. What Are Its Prospects?
Pearson is offering online access to its entire textbook collection for $15 a month. Will students go for it?
Guest Post — Why the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy Probably Won’t Work
Shaun Khoo discusses the legal quandaries created by the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy (RRS).
Revisiting — The Google Generation Is Alright
How much has changed in a dozen years? Lettie Conrad looks back at Ann Michael’s post from the 2009 SSP Annual Meeting, “Publishing for the Google Generation”.
Restoring Rothko
Curation takes on many forms. Here, the remarkable work that went into the restoration of Mark Rothko’s “Black on Maroon” after it was vandalized.
Let’s Talk About the Volunteers in Scholarly Publishing
Haseeb Irfanullah takes a look at how volunteerism shapes scholarly communication.
Why We Should All Care about Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion: An Interview with Becca Bostock and Dominique J. Moore
Learn how two early career publishers are tackling the thorny issue of pay equity and inclusion in today’s interview with Rebecca Bostock (Ohio State UP) and Dominique J Moore (University of Illinois Press)