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The Post-Covid Work Environment — We Can’t Go Back to “Normal”
October 17, 2023 at 5:30 am

The COVID pandemic brought changes in what was acceptable to working life. Should we give up those benefits for the sake of returning to the office? How does each individual person's experience differ, and how can we create conditions that allow all to thrive? The post The Post-Covid Work Environment — We Can’t Go Back…

The British Library: The Importance of Legal Deposit
October 13, 2023 at 5:30 am

"This library has every book ever published." A visit to the British Library. The post The British Library: The Importance of Legal Deposit appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The Peer Review Renaissance: An Urgent Call for Transformation
October 12, 2023 at 5:30 am

Are there enough reviewers though to meet demand and is the peer review process efficient enough to handle the sheer volume of papers being published? How can a combination of human expertise and AI make the peer review process more efficient? The post The Peer Review Renaissance: An Urgent Call for Transformation appeared first on…

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Roohi Ghosh
October 12, 2023 at 5:29 am

Today, Roohi Ghosh officially joins us as a regular contributor in The Scholarly Kitchen. The post Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Roohi Ghosh appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

AI and Scholarly Societies
October 11, 2023 at 5:30 am

Robert Harington provides a template for scholarly societies wondering how to grapple with the overwhelming and omnipresent prospect of an AI future. The post AI and Scholarly Societies appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Building a Voluntary Contribution Transaction System
October 9, 2023 at 5:30 am

Here I propose a framework for a Voluntary Contribution Transaction system to recognize the voluntary contributions in the scholarly workflow and to give tangible benefits to the volunteers. The post Building a Voluntary Contribution Transaction System appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The 33rd First Annual IgNobel Prize Winners
October 6, 2023 at 5:30 am

It's that time of year again when the big science prizes are awarded. No, not those prizes. The post The 33rd First Annual IgNobel Prize Winners appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 15: A Primer on Publishing Operations from Books & Journals Perspectives
October 5, 2023 at 5:30 am

In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi and Sara Grimme chat with Anne Flegel, the Head of Academic Book Operations at Oxford University Press, and Midori Baer, Senior Director of Publishing Operations at the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS), on the role of operations in scholarly publishing.…