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Today's guest post is an urgent call for the SSP community to push back on the US government (OMB), which is poised to overhaul the concept of federal research grants. The post Guest Post — The US Government’s New Guidance for Federal…

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New guidance from the US government on research funding makes publishing and journal subscription costs unallowable. The post Guest Post — Proposed Uniform Guidance Revisions Would Eliminate Journal Subscriptions and APCs as Allowable…

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We are out of office for the US holiday. In the meantime, maybe peruse a phenomenal new live music archive.... The post Off for the US Holiday — 10,000 Musical Memories Archived appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen .

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Today's guest post asserts that trust won’t be restored by "better messaging" alone, but via better incentives, more disciplined public communication, and really listening to the people who have walked away from us. The post Guest Post —…

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SSP's Advocacy Task Force Co-chairs encourage members to participate in this month's Pulse Check Survey on our collective advocacy activities. The post Guest Post — Call to Action: Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy appeared…

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There is more and more skepticism toward the role of publishers, a steady commoditization of publishing services, and growing fragmentation across the research ecosystem. If that is the case, the question is no longer what publishers do,…

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Today we welcome a new Chef in the Kitchen, Ashutosh Ghildiyal. The post Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Ashutosh Ghildiyal appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen .

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Guest blogger Jonny Coates looks at Richard Poynder's post-mortem on the Open Access movement, and uses it as a framework to ask questions about the future of preprints. The post Guest Post — From Open Access to Preprints: Are We Repeating…

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Byron Laws and Anna Jester, members of the Mental Health Awareness and Action Community of Interest (CoIN) discuss the challenges of unemployment and the impact of industry-wide uncertainty on personal and professional well-being. The post…

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Today, co-chairs for SSP's 48th Annual Meeting Planning Committee discuss what they're most excited to deliver in this year's program. The post Guest Post — The SSP Annual Meeting: Keeping the Faith in Unsettled Times appeared first on…

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Today's post recaps a lively roundtable conversation with library and information science experts who have been guest bloggers for TSK and active SSP participants. The post Ask the Librarians: Recapping a Scholarly Kitchen Roundtable at…

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Faced with technological shifts not seen since the advent of the internet, Todd Toler and Angela Cochran posit that the biggest challenges for organizations building an AI strategy are human, not technology. The post AI Rollout Is a People…

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Part 3 of a look at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ inaugural Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit, which brought together industry leaders, content creators, and allies to explore strategies for fostering inclusivity and…

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Wendy Queen interviews Nadim Sadek. Nadim is a creative strategist and founder of Shimmr AI, who argues that AI can strengthen human creativity rather than replace it. The post Guest Post — Knowledge as Civic Infrastructure: A…

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Part 2 of a look at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ inaugural Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit, which brought together industry leaders, content creators, and allies to explore strategies for fostering inclusivity and…

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Today's guest bloggers ask: Can Diamond OA serve as a genuine lifeline for the scholarly monograph? The post Guest Post — Diamond Open Access: A Lifeline for the Monograph? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen .

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Part 1 of a look at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ inaugural Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit, which brought together industry leaders, content creators, and allies to explore strategies for fostering inclusivity and…

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As AI systems increasingly reason from the scientific literature, the integrity signals that make research trustworthy -- open data, structured metadata, robust retraction processes -- matter more than ever. PLOS CEO Alison Mudditt on why…

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Today's guest blogger continues the conversation about Library Relations roles and what it means to sit at the intersection of libraries and publishing. The post Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What’s the…