Reading Between the Lines, Part 1: A Cognitive Framework for AI in Scholarly Publishing
AI is now a permanent feature of the scholarly landscape. The question is no longer whether it should be used, but how it should be understood and governed.
Guest Post — Another Challenge to International Education Programs
New OMB Guidance threatens the important Title VI and Fulbright-Hays international education programs. Comment period ends today, please add your voice!
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Community Through Communication — An “I AM EDITOR” Spotlight
This post is part of a special collaboration between The Scholarly Kitchen’s Mental Health Mondays and EON’s I AM EDITOR. United by a shared commitment to the people who have been called to scholarly publishing, this partnership seeks to amplify conversations about mental health, reduce stigma, and nurture a more supportive, resilient, and connected professional community.
Guest Post — Why Research Expectations Have Outpaced the Systems That Enabled Them (Part 2)
Today’s post is the second in a series arguing that fractures appearing across research systems are symptoms of a mismatch within today’s research ecosystem.
Guest Post — Why Research Expectations Have Outpaced the Systems That Enabled Them (Part 1)
Today’s guest blogger questions the operating model around scholarly research and asks why these capabilities are so difficult to sustain at scale.
Open Science 2.0: Building Understanding in an AI-Mediated World
Open Science 2.0 must focus not only on access, but also on trust, interpretation, learning, and effective communication. The challenge facing the scholarly publishing ecosystem is ensuring that what is open is also trustworthy, understandable, and genuinely useful.
The OMB Guidance Revision Threatens All Research
The OMB proposed revision is about all research — and humanities research is just as vulnerable as STEM.
Before the Guardrails: Why AI Governance in Research Must Start with Purpose
The future of scholarly communication will not be determined by how powerful AI becomes, but by whether the research community remains clear about the purpose those capabilities are meant to serve and whether it can govern them together.
Guest Post — Milestones that Matter: Celebrating a Wartime SSP Presidential Term
Today, we reprise the talk by outgoing SSP President Rebecca McLeod at last month’s SSP Annual Meeting.
Frenemies: A Tale of Scholarly Publishing Marketing
Today’s post reflects on how scholarly publishing professionals balance camaraderie with market competition, and how 3 “frenemies” navigate complex industry dynamics.
Guest Post — Legitimate but Not Loved: What Academic Librarians Think About AI
While it’s true that AI may be viewed as “legitimate,” it’s far from universally loved. Understanding that distinction tells us something important about how the technology may ultimately be adopted — and governed — within academia.
Ask the Fellows: SSP’s 2026 Annual Meeting
Today, we offer reflections on the SSP Annual Meeting from our 2026 Fellowship cohort.
Guest Post — The US Government’s New Guidance for Federal Grants and The Case for Scholarly Societies
Today’s guest post is an urgent call for the SSP community to push back on the US government (OMB), which is poised to overhaul the concept of federal research grants.
Ask the Community: Takeaways from SSP 2026
We asked some of the attendees of the recent SSP Annual Meeting in Chula Vista, CA, to answer the question: “What are some takeaways from your experience at SSP 2026?”
Guest Post — Advancing Federated Identity in the Library Ecosystem
Federated identity should be a natural fit for library access. So why isn’t it?