Guest Post — Diamond Open Access: A Lifeline for the Monograph? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/02/g...

Standing Up, Standing Proud, Standing Together: Inside the Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit and the Movement for Equity in Scholarly Publishing: Part 1 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/01/s...

What AI Asks of Open Access - The Scholarly Kitchen

What AI Asks of Open Access scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/31/w...

Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What's the Business Case? (Part 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen

Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What’s the Business Case? (Part 2) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/30/g...

Key Takeaways from the 2025 SSP Compensation and Benefits Study - The Scholarly Kitchen

Key Takeaways from the 2025 SSP Compensation and Benefits Study scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/27/k...

How Can Scholarly Publishing Overcome Its ‘SDG Inertia’? - The Scholarly Kitchen

How Can Scholarly Publishing Overcome Its ‘SDG Inertia’? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/26/h...

A case for “dark optimism” in publishing. Read full article via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/24/r...

Scholarly Society Sustainability in an Unstable Publishing World: Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts 1, 2, and 3. - The Scholarly Kitchen

Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What's the Business Case? (Part 1) - The Scholarly Kitchen

The Role of Gossip in Scholarly Publishing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/23/t... Longtemps avant que l'évaluation par les pairs ne soit établie au XX^e siècle, la diffusion des connaissances savantes reposait sur le bouche-à-oreille et les réseaux informels. Par @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social

Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What’s the Business Case? (Part 1) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/25/g...

Perhaps not all that different from this post by @acochran12733.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/03/28/p...

Great post @rharington1.bsky.social & as you say an excellent companion piece to @juniper9.bsky.social & Ben Kaube’s recent piece on why scholarly societies are different. More reasons to be cheerful than gloomy IMO 😊

In my Scholarly Kitchen post today, I attempt to embrace a gloomy optimism as I muse on the state of publishing at a scholarly society. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/24/r...

”As a scholarly society, we stay close to our community and understand its needs. For example, we can reinforce a culture of research integrity as a member of our society — something beyond oneself — emphasizing publishing quality over quantity.”

Scholarly Society Sustainability in an Unstable Publishing World: Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts 1, 2, and 3. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/24/r...

The Role of Gossip in Scholarly Publishing - The Scholarly Kitchen

The Role of Gossip in Scholarly Publishing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/23/t...

Guest Post — All the Seats at the Table: A Summary and Status Review of the NIH APC Caps Proposal - The Scholarly Kitchen

Guest Post — All the Seats at the Table: A Summary and Status Review of the NIH APC Caps Proposal scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/20/g...

Academic freedom doesn’t protect itself. On reading @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social recent article on 7 actions publishers can take, it sparked some honest reflection on some of the work we've been doing, and where there’s still more to do. It's worth a read, especially for publishers. bit.ly/4cWXcA0

In today's @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post, NISO's @9thprime.bsky.social looks at STM's new consultation brief for using #GenAI responsibly n scholarly research. @stmassoc.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/19/s...

Today in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social I write about the STm Association’s discussion paper about responsible use of research content in Generative #AI #ArtificialIntelligence systems. It’s an important first step towards a productive conversation

STM Plants a Flag About Responsible Use of Research Content in GenAI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/19/s...

BLIMEY - what is old is new again scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/17/g... Why do we worry about what academics can and cannot say when we are outsourcing the whole endeavour to AI paper mills? 2026 is going well.....

Guest Post — Could AI Help Fix Peer Review, or Will it Only Make Things Worse? - The Scholarly Kitchen

Interesting piece. "The advent of AI, especially the large-language models such as ChatGPT, holds promise for improving the peer review process, but AI also introduces a number of new pitfalls and perils."

Guest Post — Could AI Help Fix Peer Review, or Will it Only Make Things Worse? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/18/g...

Why should publishers care? Because publishing is the lifeblood of scholarly exchange & debate. If AF collapses, so does the integrity of research. Authors & reviewers who fear repercussions self-censor. Editors under political pressure shy away from certain topics.

This is an excellent read/listen - @isaliba.bsky.social, part of Scholars At Risk, is an Academic Freedom Consultant as well as his other affiliations and projects. This forms the foundation for another to follow with lessons learned on how we can better protect researchers. PLEASE READ/LISTEN/SHARE

🚨Just out: new piece for the scholarly kitchen on the responsibility & possibilities of academic publishers to protect & defend #AcademicFreedom based on my keynote at the APE conference in Berlin this January.

"Without academic freedom, scholars self-censor, innovation stalls, and universities cease to be spaces of critical inquiry and knowledge production. When scholars cannot pursue research puzzles and questions freely, knowledge production becomes constrained."--Ilyas Saliba and Lou Peck

Guest Post — Academic Freedom Under Pressure: What Academic Publishers Can Do scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/17/g...

AI in Peer Review: Revisiting an 8-year-old Debate - The Scholarly Kitchen

AI in Peer Review: Revisiting an 8-year-old Debate scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/16/a...

VALUE: Argument that societies offer something AI will never be able to scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/10/g...

SSP's Early Career Development Podcast Episode 23: Interview with SSP President Rebecca McLeod - The Scholarly Kitchen

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 23: Interview with SSP President Rebecca McLeod scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/13/s...

Guest Post — Gen Z and Academic Libraries: Reading, but Differently - The Scholarly Kitchen

Guest Post — Gen Z and Academic Libraries: Reading, but Differently scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/12/g...

What Publishing Leaders Say About AI When They're Not on Panels: A Pulse on All Things AI - The Scholarly Kitchen

What Publishing Leaders Say About AI When They’re Not on Panels: A Pulse on All Things AI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/11/w...

"Trust becomes more valuable, not less, when the information environment degrades. The more noise enters the system, the more researchers will retreat to sources w/ human accountability. The question shifts from “what does the evidence say?” to “who is telling me this, & why should I believe them?”"

"Reference librarians are trying to find hallucinated articles and books, create new lesson plans with AI literacy, and educate those who are uploading licensed and copyrighted materials into training data. We are navigating AI fallout while learning alongside our faculty and students." 📚

Guest Post — Societies 2030: The Community Advantage in an AI-First World - The Scholarly Kitchen

What is the role of scholarly societies in an AI-first world? In a new @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social piece, Ben Kaube and Steve Smith argue it is trust rooted in community: relationships, reputation, participation, and accountability. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/10/g...