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We all know that our community -- and our society -- face major challenges around diversity and inclusion. Many of us are committed to tackling these challenges at the individual level, but what are organizations doing? In this interview, Vicky Williams, CEO of Emerald Publishing, shares their experiences of addressing diversity and inclusion as a…

A look at movie poster typography, and how one typeface became the standard. The post Design Matters: How One Typeface Came to Dominate Movie Posters appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Leann Wilson and Marshall Poe revisit the idea of a unified online books platform for scholarly works. The post Guest Post: Scholarly Books Unbound: A Portal for Brainy Books appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

We can be certain that, if Elsevier asserts its obvious platform advantages, there is no data firewall that can protect other publishers from Elsevier’s strategic advance. The post Advancing an Integrated Vertical Stack of Publication Services? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Thanks to a major new international research study, it's no longer possible to pretend that predatory journals are not a serious problem that needs serious attention. The question is: do we have the will to confront it? The post Denialism on the Rocks: It Just Got a Lot Harder to Pretend that Predatory Publishing Doesn’t…

With the news last week that Elsevier made another strategic purchase with the acquisition of Aries System, owner of Editorial Manager submission and peer review systems, Angela Cochran looks at what happens to societies and smaller publishers when the big competing publishers buy up the previously publisher agnostic service providers. The post Clowns to the…

Elsevier's acquisition of Aries Systems sends shockwaves through the industry, but is it really that surprising? The post Interpreting Elsevier’s Acquisition of Aries Systems appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

John Oliver takes Facebook to task for their seemingly insincere apology advertisements. The post A Surveillance System Disguised as a High School Reunion appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Funders are increasingly demanding measurements of "real world" impact from researchers. Does this steer us toward the same traps we’re already in from the ways we already do research assessment? The post Measuring Societal Impact or, Meet the New Metric, Same as the Old Metric appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Sharing research with the public is critical, and there are multiple platforms and approaches to this kind of outreach. We tried a local book group for sharing both scholarship and the scholarly process. The post Engaging the Public in Scholarship: A Case for Small Scale appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.