Pandemic Post Roundup
Collecting some key posts on scholarly communications during the pandemic, as we enter into a new wave of infection.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 5, The Publishing Industry and the Pandemic Part 2
Meredith Adinolfi and Sara Grimme speak with Sarah Tegen and Ann Michael about how early career professionals can continue to focus on career development and growth, particularly during the pandemic.
Guest Post — Meet the new SSP Board Members
Emma Brink interviews Meredith Adinolfi, Emilie Delquie, Gabe Harp, and Sai Konda, the newest members of the Society for Scholarly Publishing Board of Directors.
In Search of Equity and Justice: Reimagining Scholarly Communication
If we are truly committed to a more equitable and resilient system of scholarly communication, we need to look beyond diversity programs and understand how this watershed moment requires us to reexamine everything, including strategy and business models.
Getting Beyond Bias to Make the Career Impact You Desire: An Interview with Scismic’s Elizabeth Wu and Danika Khong
An interview with Elizabeth Wu and Danika Khong about their new tool to help reduce bias and increase fit for research careers.
A Fast Trip Through 13 Centuries of English
Planning a trip back through time? Have you thought about whether you’ll be able to understand what anyone is saying?
Guest Post — Creative Commons in Court
Are US federal courts enforcing Creative Commons licenses? Yes, but not as copyright holders may hope.
The Global Pandemic and Scholarly Societies
Robert Harington asks how scholarly societies are coping as the global coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow, certainly well into 2021 and very likely into 2022 and beyond?
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 4, The Publishing Industry and the Pandemic Part 1
In this fourth episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, we look at strategies and programs to support staff and employees during a time of great uncertainty for many in the publishing industry and for the communities that we support.
Guest Post — Reopening Laboratories: What the New Normal Means for Researchers
Swarnali Bhattacharya and Ashley Fernandes of Enago Academy look at the requirements and risks of re-opening research laboratories.
Guest Post — Why Federated Access Matters: One Library’s Pandemic Story
Emily Singley discusses how Boston College adapted to federated access technologies to better support campus users during the pandemic, and why this matters going forward.
Chefs ‘Set the Stage’ for SSP New Directions Seminar
Scholarly Kitchen Chefs open SSP’s 2020 New Directions seminar discussing how we can support academic peer-reviewed research and the entire academic publishing ecosystem during this unprecedented year of disruptions, disease, and disappointments.
Peer Review Week 2020 Resources For Everyone!
As we say farewell to another Peer Review Week, here are some handy resources created by members of the Organizing Committee that you can use all year round!
Ask the Community: What Would Improve Trust in Peer Review?
Peer Review Week posts continue! Last week we asked the Chefs, and this week we asked the global community: “what would improve trust in peer review?”
Guest Post — Risks from Self-Referential Peer Review: An Interview with Jeffrey Unerman
Peer Review Week 2020 continues with a guest post by Bahar Mehmani of Elsevier, who interviewed Professor Jeffrey Unerman about his work on the risks of self-referential peer review.