Expanding Scholarly Kitchen Translation Collections: German Language Articles
Today we announce another round of article translations, this time into German.
Guest Post — The Monograph and the Mission: University of Michigan Pledges $1.2 Million to Fund Open Access Book Publishing
The University of Michigan Press discusses its burgeoning open access monograph program.
An Action Plan for Accessible Images: Practical Solutions for Publishers, Platforms, and Providers
Accessible images deliver an inclusive reading experience and unlock the numerous benefits of data-rich accessible images. This post summarizes a 2022 SSP panel offering practical solutions for ensuring scholarly image collections and in-line graphics are fully accessible to all readers.
SDG Publishers Compact: Where Do We Stand Now?
Haseeb Irfanullah reviews progress that publishers have made towards supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Revisiting — Building Pipes and Fixing Leaks: Demystifying and Decoding Scholarly Information Discovery & Interchange
A look back at Julie Zhu’s 2019 post that discusses publisher strategies and industry standards for tending to the “plumbing” of content discovery and access.
Some Observations on Research4Life’s New Strategic Plan for Vision 2030
Haseeb Irfanullah reviews the Strategic Plan for Vision 2030 from Research4Life.
Implementing DEIA in Scholarly Publishing — A Call for Papers
If you or your organization are working to improve DEIA in scholarly publishing please consider submitting an article for Learned Publishing’s special issue on implementing DEIA
Going Legit Part 2: The Continuing Path from Piracy to Partnership
An SSP Meeting Session showing the results from publisher partnerships with Researchgate suggest the company is shifting from a source of potential infringement to a distribution channel that is being folded into more and more organizations.
It’s Good to be Back… But What Happens Now?
Reflections on what’s next for getting together in the real world, in a time of climate change and pandemics.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 10: Industry Primer — Sales in the Scholarly Publishing Landscape
The tenth episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast serves as a primer on the sales role within scholarly publishing- what sales professionals do, how they operate as relationship managers, and the role of their interactions from end user to publisher. Andy Douglas, Vice President of Commercial Partnerships and Strategic Business Development at Springer Nature, addresses these questions and more. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science).
The Quest for Home: Transforming from Grant-funded Project to Sustainable Operation
Grant-funded initiatives eventually need a permanent home; here are some lessons learned from Educopia’s Katherine Skinner and Christina Drummond.
Guest Post — What Do Library-Publisher Relations Look Like in 2022?
The AUPresses Library Relations Committee asks Peter Berkery and Mary Lee Kennedy to share their thoughts about how relations between publishers and libraries have changed.
Ask the Community: The 2022 SSP Annual Meeting
Registration is open for the 2022 SSP Annual Meeting. We asked the community, “What are you most looking forward to about attending the SSP Annual Meeting in person?”
Retroactively Open: Elsevier Backflips for NERL Agreement
In a novel license agreement, Elsevier agrees to open backfile content from a consortium of elite private institutions. Will other libraries and publishers follow this model?
Decoupling from Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a sudden and serious decoupling of the West from Russia. Today, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Roger Schonfeld discuss implications for research collaboration, scientific exchange, and scholarly communication.