DOJ Extends Web Accessibility Deadline Public colleges now have until next year to ensure their web pages and mobile apps are accessible to people with disabilities in accordance with recent updates to the ADA. Disability advocates decried...

Well there that is..

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@researchinfo.bsky.social has an article from @tashamc.bsky.social about our AI work. If you're looking for the context in which we put together our new best practice guidelines (www.countermetrics.org/code-of-prac...), this is what you need to read.

If you're headed to Frankfurt @buchmesse.de , next month join me for the SSP Community Dinner at Isoletta PMP | Bockenheim during the Frankfurt Book Fair on Wed. October 15. Sign up by Friday, October 8; space is limited to 20 people.

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Far more authors use AI to write science papers than admit it, publisher reports Finding highlights promise, questions about detectors of AI-generated text

AACR study in the press!

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The algorithm has by number.

Are you playing with randoms or with a group? I've held off waiting for friends to jump in with.

Curate your own newspaper with RSS Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

Long live RSS

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It's a lonely life out there for hotel balconies.

Trust is a loaded term and means different things to different people, trust in science is different than trust in scientists. #SSP2025 Trust in scientists is way high (about 68%) but science not as much, so we need to find ways to ask and search for the right questions.

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Metadata maven David Haber of ASM describes making the MS submission process simpler for the author using ChronosHub: they reduced the number of questions they asked the author from 38 to 6. They also started extracting metadata from MSS rather than asking the author to enter it. #SSP2025

screenshot of session description for SSP conference session on Delivering Value at a Mission-Driven Organization

If you're attending #SSP2025 make sure you say hi to @alicemeadows.bsky.social - she's moderating a session on Delivering Value at a Mission-Driven Organization w/ @anapatycardoso.bsky.social @rharington1.bsky.social Niamh O'Connor @plos.org & Nici Pfeiffer @cos.io - 1.30pm May 30

Here at #ssp2025, excited to catch up with old friends and new.

If this is your first SSP (or not) be sure to check out the get involved lunch on Friday and learn about the many ways you can volunteer!

2025–2026 SSP Board of Directors Election Now Open Cast Your Vote! The ballot for our Board of Directors election is open now, and results will be announced in early May.

Attention procrastinators!

Just a few days left to vote in this year's SSP Board of Directors election. I am honored to be a candidate for President-Elect in this year's election.

Voting is open through Friday, April 11. Please support SSP and cast your ballot.

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Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

2025–2026 SSP Board of Directors Election Now Open Cast Your Vote! The ballot for our Board of Directors election is open now, and results will be announced in early May.

I am honored to be a candidate for President-Elect in this year's SSP Board of Directors election alongside a humbling slate of individuals.

Please take a moment to cast your ballot and help shape the future of SSP. Voting is open through Friday, April 11.

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2025–2026 SSP Board of Directors Election Now Open Cast Your Vote! The ballot for our Board of Directors election is open now, and results will be announced in early May.

I am honored to be a candidate for President-Elect in this year's SSP Board of Directors election alongside a humbling slate of individuals.

Please take a moment to cast your ballot and help shape the future of SSP. Voting is open through Friday, April 11.

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Professional Profile: Charley Rekstis Highlighting unique career paths and insights, SSP Members share their first scholarly publishing role, pivotal moments in their career, and more!

Meet SSP member Charley Rekstis! Charley is a Senior Editorial Associate for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Discover our members' unique career paths in our profile directory! #WeAreSSP

SSP's Early Career Development Podcast Episode 21: SSP President Interview with Heather Staines - The Scholarly Kitchen This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast welcomes current SSP President Heather Staines to chat about her career trajectory, plans and goals for her presidency, and advice for Early Care...

Check out the latest episode of the @scholarlypub.bsky.social Early Career Podcast! We chatted with SSP President @heatherstaines.bsky.social about her presidency so far, goals for 2025, & what led her to the role. Live on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social.

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Professional Profile: Rebecca Kirk Highlighting unique career paths and insights, SSP Members share their first scholarly publishing role, pivotal moments in their career, and more!

Meet SSP member Rebecca Kirk! Rebecca is an Associate Editorial Director for PLOS.

Discover our members' unique career paths, first scholarly publishing roles, pivotal career moments, and more in our profile directory! #WeAreSSP

Professional Profile: Jeff Mahony Highlighting unique career paths and insights, SSP Members share their first scholarly publishing role, pivotal moments in their career, and more!

Meet SSP member Jeff Mahony! Jeff is the Senior Director of Professional and Consumer Publishing at the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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So many signs expressing the importance of diversity to make science work. #standupforscience #defendresearch

“They are denying the harm in order to destroy an engine that made the US the greatest driver of science, of health, of prosperity in the world. Don’t just debunk the lies, point out the game they are playing. Science doesn’t always give the answer that Power wants. Bear witness, tell your story!”

Yay, Pittsburgh! #standupforscience

About 250 people right now in Woods Hole, MA, to #StandUpForScience

Really great turn out in Philadelphia #standupforscience

News The DOI for Scholarly Publishing recognized as the inaugural winner of the Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact Monday, February 10, 2025 The Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact, a joint collaboration among the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), the […]

Announcing the first-ever Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact! Celebrate the historical record of innovations that have impacted ...
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Professional Profile: Rebecca Kirk Highlighting unique career paths and insights, SSP Members share their first scholarly publishing role, pivotal moments in their career, and more!

Meet SSP member Rebecca Kirk! Rebecca is an Associate Editorial Director for PLOS.

Discover our members' unique career paths, first scholarly publishing roles, pivotal career moments, and more in our profile directory! #WeAreSSP