We are expecting the US Government’s AI Action Plan to be issued over the summer. In the meantime, we may glean some of the administration’s views by looking at recently issued information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
While Open Science frameworks aim for global inclusivity, their implementation often overlooks the complex, everyday realities of research communities across Asia and the Arab world.
These are not normal times. This is a time where we are all navigating new ways of being, new ways of shifting our horizons on an hour-by-hour and day-to-day basis. It’s a time to give grace to one another.
We asked the Program Committee Chairs what they’re looking forward to at this year’s SSP Annual Meeting.
Nicola Davies from IOPP details the publisher’s new data sharing requirements for authors.
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.
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.
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.
With Executive Orders banning mentions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), what happens to research when these principles are erased? This post explores the risks of a ‘post-DEI’ society—lost data, eroded trust, and weakened scientific progress—and why inclusive research remains critical.
The first AI training case has been decided in the US in favor of the copyright holder.
The US government is looking to drastically reduce the amount paid in “indirect costs” in federal grants. Just what are “indirect costs”?
“Rights reservation language, whether in plain English, included in terms, or coded into, e.g., metadata, is “machine readable.” It is a choice by an AI developer to not read “human readable” rights reservation language.”
Reflections on the current moment from SSP’s Board of Directors.
Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.
What are the implications of last Friday’s NIH ICR budget cut? @lisalibrarian offers an early analysis.