Guest Post — Valuing Community in a Time of Uncertainty
We asked the Program Committee Chairs what they’re looking forward to at this year’s SSP Annual Meeting.
No One Size Fits All: The Case for Taking a National Approach to PID Adoption
Today, Alice Meadows shares some learnings from MoreBrains Cooperative’s recent cost-benefit analysis of persistent identifiers, conducted on behalf of the Czech National Library of Technology (NTK).
Peer Review Has Lost Its Human Face. So, What’s Next?
I think human-dependent peer review has lost its human element, thus its relevance, so what we can do to install a new system by abandoning the present one?
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 2)
How should we think about the problems of misinformation and disinformation in the context of scholarly publishing, research, and libraries?
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 1)
How do the problems of misinformation and disinformation intersect with the concerns of scholarly communication?
New STM 2029 Trends Report Provides a Bridge to the Future
Todd Carpenter describes the new 2029 STM Trends report, which provides a vision and a bridge to the future for the community.
The Humanities as Canary: Understanding this Crisis Now
The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?
Guest Post — No Data? No Acceptance. How IOP Publishing is Strengthening Open Science
Nicola Davies from IOPP details the publisher’s new data sharing requirements for authors.
Guest Post — Supporting Academic Librarians in Navigating Attacks on Intellectual Freedom
A recently announced partnership with Emerald Publishing will bring the EveryLibrary Institute’s expertise to the academic library community as the U.S. government attacks extend to institutions of higher education.
SSP Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study Results Available
A sneak peek at the Individual results from the SSP’s Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study provides insight into who has participated and reveals some interesting benefits of working in scholarly communications.
Tackling Science’s ‘Nasty Photoshop Problem’
What can be done to resolve concerns about image integrity in scientific publications?
Why Should Publishers Conserve Nature?
What role does/could scholarly publishing play in nature conservation?
Research Integrity, Image Manipulation, Content Provenance and the C2PA
Image integrity has been a growing issue in scholarly publishing. Todd Carpenter suggests we addreess the problem of image integrity at scale.
Guest Post — Scholarship in the Face of Powerful Opposition: Academia Needs a March of the Ents
Like Tolkien’s “Ents” marched against deforestation, scholars, scientists, and their supporters must awaken to the widespread risks of these authoritarian trends and unite their efforts in resistance.
Guest Post: Trying to Write a Paper with LLM Assistance
I tried three different large language models (LLMs) to rewrite a potential article.