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The SSP webinar program delivers a series of highly informative, thought-provoking webinars designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Covering timely topics and offered regularly throughout the year, our one-hour webinars are available for viewing 180 days after the live broadcast.

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AI Efficiencies to Optimize Workflow from Submission to Publication: 3 Case Studies

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2023 | November, Julia Kostova, Sarah Taylor, Dustin Smith, Avi Staiman, Hong Zhou

This webinar will address how AI can impact publishing workflows by presenting three case studies: AI Tools to Improve Editor Efficiency; Content Classification/Bundling; Building Collections & Special Issues
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2024 Hot and Happening – The latest and greatest you need to know about NOW! (Audio)

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2024 | January, Tim Lloyd, Avi Staiman, Hannah Heckner Swain, Vida Damijonaitis, Darrell Gunter

Everyone would like to be able to predict the future and guarantee success. While we can’t do that, we can gain insights by assessing the current state and use that information to make calculated assumptions about future behaviors and growth. In this webinar we will help you do just that. We will delve into the most significant scholarly communication trends that have shaped 2023, and look ahead to some of what anticipate will most impact our industry in 2024. The webinar will lead attendees through an exploration of the latest innovations, disruptors, and transformative advances shaping the way we work and interact with our community.
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2024 Hot and Happening – The latest and greatest you need to know about NOW! (Video)

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2024 | January, Darrell Gunter, Avi Staiman, Hannah Heckner Swain, Vida Damijonaitis, Tim Lloyd

Everyone would like to be able to predict the future and guarantee success. While we can’t do that, we can gain insights by assessing the current state and use that information to make calculated assumptions about future behaviors and growth. In this webinar we will help you do just that. We will delve into the most significant scholarly communication trends that have shaped 2023, and look ahead to some of what anticipate will most impact our industry in 2024. The webinar will lead attendees through an exploration of the latest innovations, disruptors, and transformative advances shaping the way we work and interact with our community. Whether you are an innovator, seeking to stay ahead of the curve, or simply curious about what new challenges and opportunities 2024 have in store, this webinar will provide valuable insights to help you stay current and plan for the year ahead. Join us if you’re ready to be inspired, informed, and equipped with the knowledge you need to successfully navigate our changing scholarly landscape.
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A Beginner's Guide to Flipping to OA

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2022 | Feb 24, Susan King, Lydia Tacx, Andrew Smeall, Matt Giampoala

How do you know if you should flip your journal to OA, and then how do you make it happen? Our panel will discuss the key metrics that support the decision to flip, as well as the process required to make the transition a success.
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A Quick Tour of Tech for Early-Career Professionals in Scholarly Communications

01:09:49

2021 | Sep 14

Technology is a core part of scholarly publishing, not only serving as the foundation for content delivery but also rapidly reshaping what’s possible in our field. For early career professionals, this webinar will provide a high-level overview of existing core technologies that are firmly embedded within publisher workflows, as well as new technologies currently being trialed and emerging technologies that have great potential for our workflows. Early career professionals are encouraged to attend to find out what they need to know to advance in an increasingly technology-supported environment. || Moderator: Jeff Froustet | Speakers: Melissa Harrison, Andrew Robinson, Allison C. Belan, Chhavi Chauhan
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AI in Scholarly Publishing—Risk Versus Potential

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2023 | March, Jason Pointe, Juan Castro, Marie Soulière, Sonja Krane

Practical applications for AI in publishing have existed for a number of years now in areas such as statistical review and copyediting, but the recent and prominent emergence of AI authorship presents areas for both vast potential and great concern. Where are the boundaries for AI use in scholarly publishing, and who should be setting them?
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Accessibility in Publishing

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2021 | Sep 23

This webinar will take a practical approach to making scholarly content accessible. It will explore VPATs, WCAG, and their value beyond compliance, how to encourage good accessibility practices in authors, and how to take a top-down approach to accessible publishing. Speakers will also present publisher case studies that have demonstrated best practices in accessibility. || Moderator: Jason Pointe | Speakers: Nina Amato, Violaine Iglesias, Alan Maloney
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Alternative Communication Formats—Bridging the Last Mile

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2023 | February, Chirag Jay Patel, Debra Rowe, Kara Mitzel, Blythe Thomas, Alexa Colella

The original promise of an Open Access model of publishing was to make research outcomes available to the public who paid for the research to have taken place through publicly funded research grants. As a result, the movement toward OA publishing has taken on a life of its own as a commercial publishing strategy, driven by many factors. Yet, how are we actually doing in fulfilling one of the fundamental promises of OA—actually getting research findings into the hands of the public, policymakers, and practitioners in a usable format that actually affects change, rather than just making research findings more accessible to researchers? The two goals are quite different! This webinar will discuss motivations and models and present case studies about how to deliver on the promise to make research outcomes truly accessible and actionable. Addressing this “Last Mile” of research communication is critical to informing and empowering those who make policies and laws, which influence responsible corporate and personal behavior, and who help shape public perception.
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Building a Professional Network in Scholarly Communications

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2024 | September, Rebecca Benner, Taylor Walker, Natalie Weaver

A professional network is an important part of professional development and career growth. Join our panel as they offer insights into how to successfully build a network in a hybrid work environment. Panelists will explore networking in-office, remotely, at professional events, via participation in professional organizations, and online via social media.
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Charting Your Future Course: Determining Next Steps and Maximizing Success in Mid-Career

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February 2025, Lori Carlin, Gabriel Harp, Sue Kesner, Rebecca McLeod, Heather Staines

Join us for an enlightening webinar designed specifically for mid-career professionals in scholarly publishing who are looking to reinvigorate their career trajectory and make the most of their expertise. As you enter the next phase of your career, new challenges and opportunities arise. This webinar will provide you with invaluable insights, strategies, and tools to navigate this crucial phase with confidence and success. Key Topics: · Assessing your career trajectory and setting new goals · Leveraging your experience to take on leadership roles · Adapting to technological changes in scholarly publishing · Building and maintaining professional networks · Balancing work-life integration for long-term career satisfaction · Exploring new areas of specialization within scholarly publishing · Mentoring and knowledge transfer to the next generation Don't miss this opportunity to invest in your future and make the most of your valuable experience in scholarly publishing.
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Climate Change and Publishing—How Publishers Can Make an Impact

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2023 | October, Graham Brumfield, Clark Holdsworth, Kris Karnauskas, Alyssa Findlay, Mia Ricci

In anticipation of COP 2023, this panel will share pertinent information that scholarly publishers need to know about climate change from two key points of view: What challenges will climate change pose for the industry, and what can scholarly publishers, as science disseminators, do to help advance climate change research? Publishers have the credibility and resources to play a key role in expediting the trajectory of climate change research globally by placing this important work front and center for decision makers at both the international and regional levels. They also have the opportunity to lead by example via their own solutions to the problems that climate change may pose directly to the industry. Our speakers will address the varied avenues by which scholarly publishers can engage with their audiences on climate change research.
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Current Trends in Peer Review

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2022 | Mar 16, Tim Vines, Dana Compton, Paige Wooden, Clark Holdsworth

Equity and transparency in the review process and compensation vs. non-compensation for reviewers are just some of the hot topics under debate in current discussions about peer review. This webinar will highlight and summarize the most significant trends and provide examples of transformative models that work.
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Does Anyone Read Books Anymore?

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2021 | Mar 16

Universities are negotiating deals with publishers so their students don't have to buy their own books. Libraries with shrinking budgets are deprioritizing books in their purchasing. Researchers in some disciplines are focusing on journal publications instead of books as they work to advance their careers. Despite these trends, many people strongly believe books continue to be an important part of the scholarly publishing world. In this webinar, we will speak with a professor, a librarian, a university press, and a larger book publisher about what they see as the major changes in the past five years and what they think the next five years will hold. ||
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From Manuscripts to Machines: A Fun Dive into AI for Publishing Newbies

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February 2025, Josh Nicholson, Hong Zhou, Rebecca Benner, Rocio Vidal

Artificial intelligence offers opportunities and challenges for those in scholarly publishing. In this webinar for early career professionals, panelists will explore AI's impact on the publishing landscape (including editorial, business, and technology), share AI use cases, and provide attendees with practical insights and strategies for leveraging AI in their work.
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Getting to the Next Level: An Exploration of Career Development for Early-Career Professionals in Scholarly Communications

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2022 | Aug 09, Kristine Krebs, Ashley Warren, Tiffany Clark, Sarah Levine, Josephine Sciortino

In scholarly publishing, everyone has a unique story about how they’ve ended up in their role. This webinar will focus on how early career professionals might approach their career decisions and “get to the next level,” be that pivoting to a different area of publishing, moving laterally, or transitioning to a position with more responsibility. Panelists will share their experiences and the resources and tools they found helpful in their career journeys.
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Identity Crisis: Building and Maintaining a Journal Brand Strategy

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2022 | Jun 21, Ginetta E.B. Candelario, BethAnne Dorn, Madison Crystal, Audrey Clark

Scholarly journals represent more than just the articles collected therein. Sometimes they are more widely known and recognized than the organizations supporting them! There may also be contrasts between the branding of a journal and its perceived or actual utility to its discipline. This discussion will include input from various stakeholders—editors, authors, and researchers—to identify best practices for reconciling and realizing branding goals.
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Innovate or Fail—The Value of Collaboration for Innovation

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2023 | September, Shirley Decker-Lucke, Rich Remington, Monica Granados, Ashley Postlethwaite

Innovation isn’t hard, but it certainly isn’t easy. Most successful innovators would say that the ability to collaborate can make all the difference between successful innovation and failure to effect any change. For this exciting webinar we bring together top thinkers and doers—people who have built and fostered creativity and collaboration into innovative advancements. How do you solve hard problems? How do you move from an idea to a result? How do you build and support a culture of innovation from the bottom up and from the top down? Join us to hear how our panelists have answered these questions. Whether you are someone who actively innovates as part of your job or you are someone who wants to move your organization towards being more innovative, this webinar will offer valuable ideas, inspiration, and practical applicable examples. Whether you are someone who actively innovates as part of your job or you are someone who wants to move your organization towards being more innovative, this webinar will offer valuable ideas, inspiration, and practical applicable examples.
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Marketing Mastery in 2025: Current & Emerging Trends for Impact

01:00:22

2024 | October

Marketing in scholarly publishing is changing faster than ever, with new platforms, technologies, algorithms, and expectations. Staying ahead has never been more challenging—or more critical. Join us for a forward-thinking discussion that aims to provide attendees with actionable insights and practical tools to thrive in the fast-paced world of scholarly marketing. In this dynamic session, our expert panel will highlight current and emerging trends that are driving real results for the scholarly community such as: Personalized and interactive content to engage your audience, AI-driven strategies, Metrics that matter most to measure success, Strategies to achieve big results even when budgets are tight, Marketing for an increasingly fragmented social media environment, Emerging platforms and formats to expand your reach, and more! Whether you’re a seasoned marketer or new to the field, this webinar will provide the tools and insights to future-proof your marketing strategy. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry leaders, sharpen your skills, and gain a competitive edge."
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Navigating a Career in Scholarly Publishing: Pathways for Early Career Professionals with an Academic Background

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2024 | February, Elizabeth Sherburn Demers, Jillian Barndt, Amanda Sulicz, Briana Gilmartin, Harry Blom

The pathways into a career in scholarly publishing can be varied, with one potential starting point being academia. Professionals with academic backgrounds and advanced degrees in the sciences or humanities bring with them important perspectives and experiences that directly relate to publishing. In this webinar, participants will hear from panelists with backgrounds in academia who have built a career in scholarly publishing.
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Open Access Evolution, Revolution, or Demise? What now?

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2024 | March, Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani, Julia Kostova, Dan Pollock, Todd Carpenter, Meagan Phelan, Dominic Mitchell

Decades after the first Open Access publication, many publishing scholarly research still question the right route to achieve a balance between equity and business models—between providing access and how to fund it. Join us as we explore the potential future direction of Open Access from a variety of perspectives and discuss and debate the pros and cons of current options and future opportunities and challenges.
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Personalized Education: How to Breathe New Life (and Grow Revenue) with “Smart” Content

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2024 | June, Michael Weinand, Dr. Jonathan Wisco, Elaine Tinkelman, Lori Carlin, Lucy Chowns

Traditional one-size-fits-all education methods are becoming obsolete. As the demand for personalized learning experiences continues to rise, it's crucial to adapt and meet the unique needs of today’s students. Scholarly publishers have a large breadth of content at their disposal, which they may in turn be able to use to support educational needs, especially personalized ones, better serving their communities and perhaps uncovering new revenue streams in the process. Add in AI capabilities, which can streamline the whole workflow and processes, and you have a successful outcome. How can you make this happen at your organization?
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SSP Compensation and Benefits Study Enterprise Subscription Preview

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Join SSP and our partner, Dynamic Benchmarking, for a preview of the interactive enterprise reporting platform to explore the results of the SSP Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study. This session will explain how filtering works and the additional data points available.
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SSP Strategic Priorities: Planning for the Future

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April 2025, Michael Di Natale, Rebecca McLeod, Heather Staines

SSP President Heather Staines, President-Elect Rebecca McLeod, and Board Member At-Large Mike DiNatale presented and reviewed the SSP’s strategic priorities for the coming years. These priorities are the culmination of a year-long strategic planning process involving collaboration among board members, committee chairs, staff, and insights from the recent membership survey.
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Small, But Mighty: The Role of Societies and Smaller Presses in the Scholarly Publishing Environment

01:00:09

2021 | Feb 18

Scholarly publishing, like all other media, is dominated by a group of major players (many of which became major by purchasing smaller companies). This webinar will explore how smaller presses and self-publishing professional societies compete for authors and audiences in this environment: • What advantages do they have? What are their major struggles? • How have technological changes and the shift to new publishing models, including open access models and transformative agreements, affected their business? • How do they evaluate when they should partner with other companies and when they should go it alone? • Has social media helped smaller publishers to level the playing field? These and other questions will be addressed by a panel of representatives from medical, technical, and humanities publishers. || Moderator: Shirley Decker-Lucke | Speakers: Kevin R. Garewal, Eren Gümrükçüoglu, Stephanie Williams, Elizabeth Munn
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The Article of the Future Revisited

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2021 | Jun 22

With the 2010 introduction of their “Article Future” format, Cell Press created a new container for research that included supporting data, centered user needs, and reflected the need for more snackable and sharable content. These elements of the Article of the Future have since become widely adopted and are now seen as the norm, so what's next? This webinar will feature speakers who are leveraging user behavior to explore new and more valuable ways to communicate research and the research process. Representing publishers and aggregators across business models and disciplines, they will examine current projects that are expanding our concept of the journal article and discuss what the next ten years may bring. || Moderator: Hannah Heckner | Speakers: Shawnna Buttery, Patti O. Davis, Heather Norton Blackburn, Terry Ehling, Michele Avissar-Whitting
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The Future of Scholarly Publishing: Three Trends to Be Ready For

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2022 | Sep 15, Ann Gabriel, Patrick Shafe, Elizabeth Scarpelli, Shirley Decker-Lucke

What will the future of scholarly publishing look like? In this webinar, industry leaders will tell us what they see as the top three changes that we all need to be ready for. Will it be advances in artificial intelligence products that change how knowledge creators and curators do what they do? Will it be changes in research funding approaches that affect what research is done and how it is shared? Will it be uncertainty about revenue requiring publishers to change their business models? Or will it be something else? Join us for a peek at the future and ideas on how you can get ready.
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The Opportunities and Threats of AI for Scholarly Publishing!

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March 2025, Avi Staiman, David Myers, Kate Worlock, Richard Bennett

AI in scholarly publishing presents both challenges and opportunities. While concerns about copyright and ethical usage are valid, the potential for AI to enhance efficiency, personalize the research experience, and support researchers is undeniable. Hear about the current state of AI and its impact on scholarly publishing with respect to external influences such as copyright and future legislation, licensing and business opportunities, and use cases with end users and researchers.
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The Scholarly Kitchen: Global Trends in Open Access

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2021 | Apr 21

Open Access promises global access to scholarly information. But around the world, the approaches to Open Access and the challenges and opportunities it brings are not the same—and, too often, Open Access discussions focus on just one geographical region or sector. This Chef’s panel brings together speakers from India, Cameroon, and Mexico, representing perspectives from across research, libraries, publishing, and open initiatives. These speakers will share their insights from their own countries and experiences. They will also answer questions on what they have learned and what is needed for Open Access worldwide to be implemented fairly and effectively. This webinar is for those wanting to deepen their knowledge of Open Access around the world. The webinar should help participants understand more about how and why different approaches dominate in different regions, what the challenges and opportunities are around the world, and how this might better inform Open Access worldwide. || Moderator: Siân Harris, INASP | Speakers: Arianna Becerril-García, Vrushali Dandawate, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou
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The Scholarly Kitchen: Innovations in Open Research

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2022 | Nov 16, Alison Mudditt, Alice Meadows, Charles Watkinson

In this timely webinar, speakers explore the latest developments in the transition to open research, touching on innovations from their respective organizations. Topics will include new developments in the scholarly infrastructure supporting open research, new business models in support of OA monographs, and how open research is shifting our focus from the scholarly article to preprints, data, and other research outputs. The speakers will also discuss what’s working, what isn’t, and the barriers to a fully open research ecosystem across disciplines.
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The Scholarly Kitchen: Staffing Up For Research Integrity

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2024 | April, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Kim Eggleton, Adya Misra, Amanda Sulicz, Yael Fitzpatrick

Safeguarding research integrity is a topic of increasing concern and attention within scholarly publishing. The headlines often feature the sleuths working outside publishing companies, but what about those who work within our organizations? How do publishers organize their research integrity operations, and how do they staff them? What is the scope of the work across the publishing workflow? What skills are needed and what career pathways exist in this area of expertise? Join us as Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Chef in The Scholarly Kitchen, explores these questions and more with distinguished panelists who will share their perspectives and experiences concerning the pivotal role of research integrity operations within scholarly publishing companies.
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The Scholarly Kitchen: The Future of Copyright and Reuse in Academic Publishing

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2021 | Nov 16

Join the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs to discuss a complex and evolving topic: the future of copyright and reuse in academic publishing. Explore how changing technologies, funder mandates, and authors' expectations around ownership impact content use cases beyond publication. || Moderator: Todd Carpenter | Speakers: Rick Anderson, Haseeb Irfanullah, Karin Wulf
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The Scholarly Kitchen: The Future of Research as a Global Enterprise

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2022 | Apr 13, Haseeb Md. Irfanullah, Ana Heredia, Roger Schonfeld, Alice Meadows, Jennifer Kemp

In the post-Cold War era, many observers have conceptualized science as a global activity, with substantial international collaboration, more readily facilitated cross-border scholarly communication, and even UN-level efforts to steer science towards Sustainable Development Goals. But regional differences, geopolitical strains, and challenges to developing a global research infrastructure have all posed challenges to global science. In this webinar, hosted by the Scholarly Kitchen, a panel will consider whether science can ever be truly “global.”
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The Scholarly Kitchen: The Nelson Memo… Now What?

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2023 | April, Barbara Rockenbach, Steven Inchcoombe, Roger Schonfeld, Colette Bean, Angela Cochran

The US OSTP’s Nelson Memo, which requires immediate public access to federally funded research papers, sent a shockwave across the scholarly communications landscape. Now that the first policy implementations of the memo are out, what impacts will it have on different stakeholders in our community? A panel of publishers and librarians will reflect on how they plan to support researchers and what these changes mean for the overall health of their organizations.
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The Scholarly Kitchen: Trends Around AI and Scholarly Content Licensing

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With the advent of new technologies and new formats, there are new opportunities to market content and license it for new uses. With the advent of large language model training, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and new approaches of confirming inputs and outputs of digital systems using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), the next new frontier of content use and licensing is developing. Many publishers have begun to license their content for AI use, with significant deals being signed by some of the largest publishers. During this SSP Scholarly Kitchen event, Chef Todd Carpenter, CCC Legal and Licensing and Legal Advisor Roanie Levy, and a guest will discuss some of the issues surrounding the market for licensing content to AI models, some of the legal and technical questions that arise, and the future of this new market for scholarly publishers.
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Three Ethical Challenges in Scholarly Communication

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2022 | Oct 12, Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani, Gareth Dyke, Marie McVeigh, Matt Hodgkinson

An international panel will discuss three ethical challenges in scholarly publishing today: citation leakage, text recycling, and ethical issues around data publishing. Speakers will present examples of how organizations are working to address these challenges from within the industry.