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The journal brand has proven to be the great intangible asset of the scholarly publisher. Can publishers extend the reach and value of journal brands by supporting research materials beyond the version of record? The post Can Publishers Maintain Control of the Scholarly Record? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

What have we learned over the course of the COVID pandemic? Our authors revisit earlier posts with updates, now that we have a longer view. First, Karin Wulf revisits her post on selling books in a pandemic. The post Pandemic Perspectives: Updating Talking About — and Maybe Even Selling — Books in a Pandemic appeared…

What a strange year 2020 was, in so many ways. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days. The post The Year in Review: 2020 In The Scholarly Kitchen appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

John Oliver offers us all some catharsis at the end of a difficult year. The post Goodbye 2020, See You On The Other Side appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Survey results on COVID pandemic impacts on researchers and educators across the disciplines, and implications for scholarly publishers. The post Guest Post — Publishing in a Pandemic: 5 Factors Limiting Scholarly Research appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The Arecibo Observatory collapsed, laying bare the problems of funding science infrastructure. The post The Failure of the US Government to Fund Science Infrastructure is Causing Things to Literally Collapse appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The latest from Ithaka S+R on the academic research enterprise -- how it is managed by universities, their strategic priorities for it, and the pandemic's disruptions to it. A video of a CNI presentation by Jane Radecki, Oya Y. Rieger, and Roger C. Schonfeld. The post The Senior Research Officer and the Academic Research Enterprise…

The Humanities are everywhere --really. A new report shows us how Americans engage with and view the humanities in daily life, including school and work. The post The Humanities [Are Everywhere] in American Life appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Robert Harington argues that funders, be they national, or private, should consider directly funding their field through funding societies and institutions, with a focus on equitable distribution of funds across scholarly communities. The post Transformative Agreements, Funders and the Publishing Ecosystem: a Lack of Focus on Equity appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

In periods of disruption, commercial publishers have traditionally found opportunities to make capital investments that ultimately strengthen their relative position in the market -- opportunities that are not necessarily available to their not-for-profit counterparts. With this in mind, we offer up the beginnings of an analysis of the state of not-for-profit publishing today. The post…