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Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Michael Levine-Clark

In today’s Chef de Cuisine article, Robert Harington talks with Michael Levine-Clark, Dean of the University of Denver Libraries. The University Libraries are currently ranked as the #3 “best college library” by Princeton Review.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 9, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Out of Office: Summer Vacation

We’re out of office until next week. But is anyone really out of office these days?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jul 3, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Ask the Fellows: SSP 2024 Annual Meeting

We asked the 2024 SSP Fellows, “What was the highlight of attending SSP 2024 for you?”

  • By Michelle English
  • Jul 2, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 12 mins

Mental Health Awareness — Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Fireside Chat with Sarah Durrant, Lead from Within (Parts 1 & 2)

A fireside chat with Sarah Durrant; independent coach and transformational teacher, on the subject of Imposter Syndrome. Today, parts 1 & 2.

  • By October Ivins, Ryan Reeh, Adrian Stanley
  • Jun 27, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

18 Life Lessons

Charlie Rapple shares 18 hard-won nuggets of wisdom to ease your passage through your career, and through your life.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Jun 18, 2024
  • 33 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Oxford Administrators Want OA Policy Removed from REF 2029. I Have an Even Better Idea.

Three Oxford administrators want to lower the cost of mandatory open access by shifting the responsibility for enforcement to funding agencies. But that doesn’t lower costs at all; it only shifts them. To truly lower costs, stop trying to make open access mandatory.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jun 17, 2024
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post:  Many Patches Make a Quilt — SSP’s Membership Survey

Here we present the results from the SSP biannual membership survey.

  • By Sharon Mattern Büttiker
  • Jun 12, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

How Do Dogs See the World?

What does the research tell us about how dogs see the world?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 7, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

The American Sunlight Project Wants to Make It More Costly for Bad Actors to Spread Disinformation: How Will They Do That?

How will the American Sunlight Project make it more costly for bad actors to spread disinformation — and what does this mean for scholarly publishing?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jun 3, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Why Are English Language Spellings So Weird?

Why are English spellings so inconsistent and weird?

  • By David Crotty
  • May 31, 2024
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post: Jagged Edges of Conversational Interfaces Over Scholarly and Professional Content

The gaps in capability of AI will narrow over time, but publishers and end users need education on those gaps to make investment decisions and to confidently utilize Generative AI tools effectively.

  • By Stuart Leitch
  • May 30, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Peer Review Week 2024: “Innovation and Technology in Peer Review”

We’re delighted to reveal the eagerly awaited theme for this year’s Peer Review Week, Innovation and Technology in Peer Review.

  • By Roohi Ghosh, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke, Maryam Sayab
  • May 29, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Better Mental Health through Embodiment

In this Mental Health Mondays post, we look at the construct of embodiment and practices within it that create a symbiotic relationship between embodied experiences and psychological flourishing.

  • By Danielle Feger, Briony Fane
  • May 28, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Off for Memorial Day, Let Barbecue Season Begin!

We’re off for the Memorial Day weekend, some music to get your summer barbecue started.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 24, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post: The STM Integrity Hub — Connecting the Dots in a Dynamic Landscape

An update on progress from the STM Research Integrity Hub.

  • By Joris van Rossum
  • May 23, 2024
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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