Scholarly Society Sustainability in an Unstable Publishing World: Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts 1, 2, and 3. - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington asks: "Do you -- like me -- wake up, read the news, and wonder in that Dorothy Parker way, “What fresh hell is this?” Or perhaps you are innately optimistic in that “Always Look on th...

In my Scholarly Kitchen post today, I attempt to embrace a gloomy optimism as I muse on the state of publishing at a scholarly society.

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Politics and Scholarly Societies: 1200 Partnerships with External Organizations Terminated at the University of Kentucky - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington attempts to shine a light on some of the political problems scholarly societies and academic institutions face in the current political climate.

My Scholarly Kitchen post today:

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Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing's Top Table - Carsten Buhr - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington talks to Carsten Buhr, CEO of De Gruyter Brill, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

My Scholarly Kitchen interview with Carsten Buhr, CEO of De Gruyter Brill today:

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Math Is Quietly in Crisis over NSF Funding Cuts A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough.

This is my world:

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Just ordered your book!

Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington digs into the world of preprints. He uses the field of mathematics to explore how an inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater t...

"Preprints aren’t a threat - they’re part of the ecosystem.” Robert Harington, the AMS Chief Publishing Officer, makes the case for coexistence, not competition, between journals and preprints in publishing.

Read the article here: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/14/p...

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing's Top Table - Melissa Junior - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington talks to Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at The American Society for Microbiology, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-p...

My Scholarly Kitchen “Chef de Cuisine” interview today, with Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at the American Society for Microbiology.

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Better Together: ORCID and Other Researcher Identifiers - The Scholarly Kitchen This post is based on a recently-published white paper by Alice Meadows and Josh Brown of MoreBrains Cooperative, in which they discuss why ORCID iDs work best in combination with other researcher ide...

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Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses - The Scholarly Kitchen An AAAS survey reveals authors' concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work

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Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington digs into the world of preprints. He uses the field of mathematics to explore how an inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater t...

My Scholarly Kitchen post today:

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Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing's Top Table - Matthew Kissner - The Scholarly Kitchen Robert Harington talks to Matt Kissner, CEO of Wiley, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

My Scholarly Kitchen post today…

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Ask The Chefs: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting? - The Scholarly Kitchen The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs reflect on what they took away from the conversations and vibes at the 2025 SSP Annual Meeting.

Scholarly Kitchen Chefs, including me, reflect on the recent SSP conference in Baltimore.

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Opinion | We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up.

“This debt …should be at the forefront of our minds this Memorial Day….We are being asked not to charge into a hail of …artillery fire but only to speak up and to stand up in the face of foundational threats.” Historian and former Harvard president Drew Faust. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/o...

I am proud of the American Mathematical Society for launching this initiative.

Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us. A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

Just learned of this effort to crowd-source a mega list of examples of benefits to health, prosperity, and national security resulting from federally-funded research. 41 examples listed to date. Please share and send ideas!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com

h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social

Wonderful message from Dr. Holden Thorp (EIC @science.org ) about @elisabethbik.bsky.social identifying fabricated data, sometimes in Science papers, & "trusted colleague" in the scientific publishing process. Deeply important for public trust to run towards, not away from, corrections.

Silenced Science Stories Featuring scientists impacted by federal firings and budget cuts

A group of artists created these images of scientists impacted by federal firings and budget cuts

silencedsciencestories.com/the-scientists

Guest Post - The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train? - The Scholarly Kitchen It is time for OA proponents to engage in public debate with academic associations, universities and national funding agencies, because the widespread use of academic content in AI models poses signif...

Humanity has developed a machine that is synthesizing the entire corpus of human knowledge and can now offer us contextual insights on and even reasoned analysis of its contents in milliseconds, but won't somebody think of the citation accuracy?
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A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.

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Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.

Another good article from Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

It seems to be standing up Ok.

A College President Gets Real About Trump’s Attack on Universities Wesleyan University President Michael Roth lets loose on Trump’s executive orders and the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

Really good from Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University:

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A Tradition Like No Other: The Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team - The Scholarly Kitchen A spectacular crop of lettuce at this year's edition of the traditional mullet spotting competition.

Too funny today on the Scholarly Kitchen:

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A big ray of sunshine in the clouds for science!

Many thanks to Michael Roth & Wesleyan University for speaking up - we need more of this from our leaders!

What Do Family Caregivers Really Want? Cash. Ask family caregivers what sort of government support they want and their answer is clear: They want upfront cash.

Pam’s article mentioned in Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/howard...

Really? Quite disappointing.

This one made me smile…needed that.

In Seattle at the Joint Mathematics Meeting this week and theme is Mathematics in the Age of AI. I thought I would repost the below: