Guest Post — Pivoting your Conference: Pandemic as the Mother of Invention
Simon Inger rethinks the online conference through the lens of product development.
Collective Voices: The Society for Scholarly Publishing Joins in Making a Statement Against Racism
Reaffirming our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Humanities Research Infrastructure is Great ROI — Will We Sell it Short?
Humanities Research Infrastructure is critical social investment, and we could support it better if we understood it better.
Guest Post — Building Resilient Learned Societies in an Age of Pandemic and Fear
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, learned societies are facing some challenges that call for adaptive-transformative resilience. Guest author Trevor Perry-Giles discusses steps societies must take in crafting a “new normalcy” for sustainability.
What We’re Missing From Being in Person, or, What Will a Born Digital Conference Look Like?
In this era of COVID-19, what is the new normal for conferences in our community. Moving forward, what might a born digital conference entail?
Building a Sustainable Research Infrastructure
What does a strong and sustainable research infrastructure look like? How close are we to building one? What improvements are needed? This summary of a recent SSP webinar addresses these questions and more.
How are Academic Institutions Innovating Under Pressure
@TAC_NISO Summarizes a NISO webinar discussion on how institutions are innovating their teaching approaches because of the COVID-19 pandemic by going virtual.
Guest Post — Coronavirus is a Wakeup Call for Academic Conferences. Here’s Why
This guest post by Sami Benchekroun and Michelle Kuepper of Morressier highlights some of the tools available for digitizing conferences and disseminate important early stage research information.
Why are Librarians Concerned about GetFTR?
Some were surprised GetFTR wasn’t immediately welcomed by the library community. @lisalibrarian analyzes why.
Guest Post — Open Research in Practice: Moving from Why to How?
This guest post about training and other resources for open research is authored by Fiona Murphy, Nicky Agate, Amy Price, and Stephanie Hagstrom, members of the Steering Committee for Force 11 Scholarly Communications Institute.
Building Your Career in Scholarly Communication: Tips, Tricks and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know!
Charlie Rapple summarizes the panel discussion from SSP’s first UK regional event, with highlights and tips relating to career breadth, the pros and cons of working in big vs small companies, becoming a leader, networking, “becoming your best self” and “getting comfortable being uncomfortable”.
Scholarly Kitchen Webinar: The Future of Independent and Society Publishing
The scholarly communications marketplace has become increasingly difficult for the smaller independent and the society publisher. Here we preview our upcoming webinar looking at the future for these publishers.
Strategic and Non-strategic Society Publishing
Many society publishers, concerned about the disruptive implications, of Plan S, are nervously considering selling off their publishing assets.
Guest Post — From Diversity to Inclusion and Equity: Moving Beyond Good Intentions
We are celebrating International Women’s Day with guest Chef Susan Spilka of the Workplace Equity Project, who recently moderated a well-attended SSP webinar on moving from diversity to inclusion and equity, on which her post is based.
Finding the Right Training and Career Development Opportunities for Your Organization
Your desk is covered with brochures about getting new skills to meet growing needs, and course offerings for continuing education credits. Your inbox is filled with notices about meetings and webinars. How do you decide which is worth your time?