Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Fostering Empathy
Part one of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.
What Have You Done for DEIA Lately?
Are we still doing the work it takes to make positive and impactful change? Are we continuing the work to break down systems, policies, and unwritten industry rules that are no longer fit for purpose?
Guest Post: Start at the Beginning – The Need for ‘Research Practice’ Training
Danny Kingsley suggests that research integrity begins with the training researchers receive at university. Achieving Open Research and increasing reproducibility requires systematic research training that focuses specifically on research practice.
Know Better, Do Better: Learned Publishing Reflects on DEIA in Scholarly Communications
The first 2023 issue of Learned Publishing reflects on how to make lasting, meaningful improvements to our industry’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA).
Guest Post — Are We Providing What Researchers Need in the Transition to Open Science?
There are still barriers and hesitations around open research practices. Erika Pastrana and Simon Adar suggest that publishers and technology platforms can better support authors and drive uptake.
Guest Post — “We are ready to move forward”: A Professional Society’s Route to Open Access
The President of the American Nuclear Society explains why the Nelson Memo may cause trepidation but bring opportunity.
The Dea(r)th of Social Media? Assessing “Twexit”
The brave new world post-Twitter, or post-the Old Twitter, or has anything really changed? Chefs ponder the new social media.
The Year in Review: 2022 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we launch into 2023, a look back at 2022 in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Guest Post – How Do We Measure Success for Open Science?
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz discusses PLOS’s Open Science Indicators initiatives and shares initial results.
Some Observations from Charleston (Open Access Edition):
Thoughts on open access (OA) from the perspectives of both the publisher and library communities at the Charleston Meeting.
Unnecessary Research Bureaucracy is Killing Academic Productivity, But it IS Fixable
Research bureaucracy and administrative burden has become so overpowering that many researchers are reporting that they don’t have time to do any research anymore. Phill Jones argues that technology in the form of PIDs will go a long way to fixing this.
Off for the Thanksgiving Holiday — Some Nostalgia to Tide You Over
We’re off for the US Thanksgiving holiday. In the meantime, here’s an askance view of the good old days.
We All Know What We Mean, Can We Just Put It In The Policy?
Funder guidance is too vague when it comes to identifiers and metadata. It needs to get specific to be effective.
Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution
Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?
Speculation on the Most Likely OSTP Nelson Memo Implementation Scenario and the Resulting Publisher Strategies
What is the most likely scenario for implementation of the OSTP’s Nelson Memo? And what strategies will that offer for publishers?