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Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen and Saying Thanks to a Few Departing Chefs

Today we welcome Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen to The Scholarly Kitchen as a full time Chef and say goodbye to several long-term Chefs (and offer our thanks for all the wisdom they’ve shared with us).

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 14, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

New Directions in Scholarly Publishing: What We’re Looking Forward to This Year

What can you expect from this fall’s New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar in Washington, DC?

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Ginny Herbert
  • Sep 12, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Maryam Sayab

Today we welcome a new Chef in the Kitchen, Maryam Sayab.

  • By David Crotty, Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Sep 11, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post – ODI Survey on AI and Web-Scale Discovery

NISO’s Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) survey reflects the positive and negative expectations of generative AI in web-scale discovery tools.

  • By Ken Varnum
  • Sep 9, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Reflections on Shared Infrastructure and Distinctive Collections

Roger Schonfeld reflects on lessons from more than 20 years conducting research and supporting the work of libraries, publishers, and the research enterprise.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Jun 18, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

The Devil is in the Details, Specifically, Titivillus, the “Medieval Demon of Typos”

Have you been visited by Titivillus, the demon of typographical errors?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 13, 2025
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Randy Townsend

Today, Randy Townsend officially joins us as a regular contributor in The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 13, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

The Scholarly Kitchen Hires a Sous Chef

Join us in welcoming Lettie Conrad as the new Deputy Editor at The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By David Crotty, Lettie Y. Conrad
  • May 2, 2025
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 1)

How do the problems of misinformation and disinformation intersect with the concerns of scholarly communication?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 7, 2025
  • 30 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The 2025 Scholarly Kitchen Readership Survey is Now Open

The 2025 Scholarly Kitchen readership survey is now open. We would greatly appreciate your ideas and feedback to help us remain a high-quality resource of industry news and discussion

  • By The Scholarly Kitchen Cabinet
  • Feb 21, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Upholding Our Legacy of DEIA

Reflections on the current moment from SSP’s Board of Directors.

  • By Randy Townsend, Rebecca McLeod
  • Feb 14, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

What to Expect and How to Connect at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024

A preview of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.

  • By Society for Scholarly Publishing
  • Sep 10, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Off Through Labor Day

We’re taking the last week of August off and will be back after the Labor Day holiday.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 26, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post — New Directions Seminar: Reverse Roundtables Kept the Post-Lunch Conversations Going!

What are the new directions in scholarly publishing? Check out the unique “reverse roundtable” discussions at SSP’s New Directions seminar!

  • By Matt Cannon, Heather Staines, Jordan Schilling
  • Jul 23, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 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

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