The Year in Review: 2021 in The Scholarly Kitchen
2021 was a year of rapid change in our community. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days.
Winter Break
Congratulations on making it mostly through the second straight year of March, 2020.
Let’s Take A Trip to the Circus, Courtesy of Alexander Calder
What better way to spend your Friday than a trip to the circus, as performed by one of the 20th century’s greatest artists?
FORCE11 Engages a Global Audience at FORCE2021
FORCE11 hosts a diverse virtual conference to build global connections to improve scholarly communications.
Hypnotic Highlighters and Crayons
Some Friday Zen as Highlighter markers are made, and a classic trip to the crayon factory is revisited.
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 3
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “Accelerating DEI: Have the Data? Use the Data!”
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 2
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “The Glass Ceiling You Don’t Know About Yet”.
Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting Part 1
This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at Dr. Joseph Williams’s keynote, “Fighting Racial Inequity in the Publishing Industry”.
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2021, Part 2
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Today we offer Part 2 of our suggestions.
Guest Post — Seeking Feedback on a Model Digital Preservation Policy, a Project of the NASIG Digital Preservation Committee
A look at the NASIG Digital Preservation Policy and a request for comments.
Guest Post — Translating Digital Humanities Skills From College to Career
Sarah Ketchley and Lindsey Gervais discuss the value offered by programs in the digital humanities .
SSP 2022 Annual Meeting Submission Deadline is Approaching — Don’t Miss Out!
The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 44th Annual Meeting will be held June 1–3, 2022, and there’s still time to submit your proposals
Building Bridges with the Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA)
Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) committee members champion the benefits of standardizing the transfer of papers between journals.
What (Not) to Do When Libraries Won’t Get on Board
Why aren’t libraries providing support for your open access or open science initiative? Be careful what you assume.
Job Hunting with an “Invisible” Disability: A Conversation
Today’s guest post — the second in a series of two — is a conversation between Katy Alexander and Sylvia Hunter about job hunting with a disability in the publishing industry.