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Small, but Mighty: Maintaining and Elevating the Value of Humanities Content through Strategic Partnerships

Small, but Mighty: Maintaining and Elevating the Value of Humanities Content through Strategic Partnerships
The missions of small publishers and university presses are not just big at heart—they are ambitious, impactful, and play a huge role in shaping trusted humanities and social sciences (h/ss) scholarship. From flagship journals published in university departments and societies to award-winning books from university presses, small publishers are contributing to publishing on a mighty scale. These publishers bring a wealth of history, editorial experience, and top authors but also take on financial risks. How do small publishers maintain the value of their content amidst shrinking budgets and the devaluing of h/ss research? This panel will explore how small publishers create and distribute content through community collaborations and strategic partnerships. Panelists will discuss the value of h/ss content and how partnerships can amplify groundbreaking ideas, reflect DEIA priorities, and enhance discoverability. Attendees will leave with strategies for building impactful partnerships that increase the reach and influence of h/ss scholarship.
Publication Date
May 2025

47th Annual Meeting (2025)

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Although every year in the scholarly publishing ecosystem is a balancing act of innovation, optimization, and value creation, 2025 is shaping up to be particularly challenging as the pace and scale of change is accelerating more than we’ve ever seen before. There is increasing pressure to provide value to and to meet the incredibly diverse needs of the global research community while maintaining financial health for our own organizations, living our values, and continuing to protect the scholarly record. With AI, open access, integrity, and mistrust frequently dominating the conversation, we are in the midst of an unprecedented shift in both our industry and society as a whole. As always, the SSP community continues to focus on bringing together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, researchers and countless others with a communal interest and stake in disseminating scholarly information. We look to the 47th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to continue this tradition and welcome all colleagues and community stakeholders.