Why Peer Review is Important
Peer Review Week is a global event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality. Scheduled for September 11-17, 2017 […]
Changing Priorities in Academic Research
Publishers are experiencing a shift in priorities when it comes to the structure of academic research. This is not a local issue, but a […]
Words Can Be a Lifelong Career
A 76-year old lexicographer continues working with his passion of the English language and all the intricacies that come along with it. He compiles […]
Two Part Educational Opportunity
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a unique two-part educational opportunity available in person or via […]
ALPSP Conference Promises Rich Content
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers’s (ALPSP) 10th annual conference is coming up soon. The big question is “what does artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Harvard Business Publishing Looking for a Taxonomist
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, digital archiving, etc., we are sharing with our readers any career opportunities that […]
Summer Learning Opportunity
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Books Committee will be hearing from guest speaker Mary Anne Baynes, Chief Marketing Officer of Overleaf and Dr. John Hammersley, Co-founder and CEO of Overleaf on […]
Free Educational Opportunity
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee has added an additional free guest speaker talk to their summer programs. This will be a talk via webinar […]
Accountability in Open Access Publishing
A recent United States court ruling awarded publisher Elsevier $15m in damages for copyright infringements by Sci-Hub, the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and […]
Scholar Communications and Machine Learning
The last 30 years in scholarly communications have shown a steady trend towards digital content creation and delivery, especially for journals. The industry focus has […]