scholarly publishing

In this episode, Nikesh Gosalia engages in conversation with Heather Staines, Director of Community Engagement and Senior Consultant at Delta Think and a veteran in scholarly communications and academic publishing. They discuss the evolving role of technology in academics, the importance of diversity in academic content, and the challenges and opportunities in the open access space. Heather emphasises the need for supporting nonprofit initiatives and open infrastructure projects, ensuring their continued existence amidst changing funding landscapes. Additionally, the conversation reflects on the challenges faced by underrepresented voices, and explores various open access business models that contribute to a more inclusive academic environment.

Nikesh Gosalia: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikeshgosalia/\

https://twitter.com/NikeshGo

Heather Staines: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherstaines/

https://twitter.com/heatherstaines


Show notes:

Thank you for listening! Here are links to some of the things that Heather Staines and Nikesh discussed in the podcast. We would love to hear from you, so feel free to drop a line at insightsxchange@cactusglobal.com

Delta Think | https://deltathink.com/
MIT Knowledge Futures Group | https://www.knowledgefutures.org/
ProQuest | https://www.proquest.com/
Yale University | https://www.yale.edu/
Springer Nature | https://www.springernature.com/gp
SIPX | https://law.stanford.edu/projects/stanford-intellectual-property-exchange/
Copyright Clearance Center | https://www.copyright.com/
American Library Association | https://www.ala.org/
Crossmark Working Group | https://www.crossref.org/working-groups/crossmark/
Hypothesis | https://web.hypothes.is/
Public Knowledge Project | https://pkp.sfu.ca/
Simon Fraser University | https://www.sfu.ca/
Michigan Publishing | https://www.publishing.umich.edu/
University of Minnesota Manifold | https://manifold.umn.edu/
Open Library of Humanities | https://www.openlibhums.org/
Declaration of Open Research Assessment (DORA) | https://sfdora.org/
STM Future Lab | https://www.stm-assoc.org/standards-technology/future-lab-committee/n 

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In Partnership in the Media, Cherri Jacobs Pruitt interviews Marty Lewis-Hunstiger and Liz Weinfurter from the University of Minnesota and the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies (IJPS), a groundbreaking partnership-based  alternative to traditional academic publishing models that are steeped in the domination ethos. You will learn how the IJPS is a valuable resource for delving into Riane Eisler's cultural transformation and how the journal has played a pivotal role in paving the way for other open-access journals and textbooks. The discussion includes critical issues that librarians and editors face when trying to ensure diverse voices and topics are published and easily accessible, and tools for discerning whether an article is partnership or domination-based.

Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies

Creative Nursing Journal

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, Riane Eisler

The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that will Change Your Life, Riane Eisler

Center for Partnership Systems

center@partnershipway.org

Resilience, Rising Appalachia

Anthony Haynes writes: You've written a dissertation or thesis. You'd like to write a book. How are the two forms related? How to transition from one to the other?

In this episode, we seek to provide detailed, professional, insights into making a success of the process.

Resources

William Germano, From dissertation to book (Univ. of Chicago)
Beth Luey, Revising your dissertation (Univ. of California)
Eleanor Harman, The thesis and the book (Univ. of Toronto)
Anthony Haynes, Writing successful academic books (Cambridge Univ.)

Further listening

If you enjoyed listening to this episode, you might also enjoy:

• Writing book proposals (I): four things not to do
• Writing book proposals (II): five common pitfalls
• Writing book proposals (III): good practice for authors

Credits

• Sound production: Bart Hallmark
• Music: from Handel's Water Music, courtesy of the United States Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra

Support the show

About the publisher

This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences.

We provide

• consultancy
• mentoring
• editing and writing
• training

and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).

To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.

Anthony Haynes writes: What are preprints?

Where do they fit into the ecology of science publishing? And how did the pandemic change their role?

What do people believe about preprints? How accurate are those beliefs?

In this interview, Dr Jonny Coates (Associate Director, ASAPbio) demythologizes preprints and their role in research dissemination.

Further listening

If you enjoyed listening to this episode, you might also enjoy:

• Developing proposals: insights from behind the scenes
• Sponsored reports: David Baxrer on the interface between research and policy

Credits

• Sound production: Bart Hallmark
• Music: from Handel's Water Music, courtesy of the United States Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra

About the publisher

This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences.

We provide

• consultancy
• mentoring
• editing and writing
• training

and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).

To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.

Anthony Haynes (Creative Director, Frontinus Ltd) writes: Abstracts are of central importance to grey literature: some forms of grey literature -- proposals, for example, or working papers -- come accompanied by abstracts; and abstracts themselves (which are often used independently of the texts they're designed to accompany) constitute a form of grey literature.

This episode is designed to help listeners to create abstracts effectively and without undue difficulty. It does so by outlining (a) the content required in an abstract and (b) ways of sequencing content to achieve narrative flow. In the process, the episode distinguishes between obligatory and optional content.

Resources

Unit V of #EnginComms provides links to a video and how-to slides, together with links to other creators' resources in various forms: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_oHWjm3yg7Z29K31gE6niS4KWpFmUNyNTgbTIhNCFNQ/edit?usp=sharing.

Karen L. McKee has produced two excellent videos, one on written abstracts and one on graphical. The respective links are:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkXA6gDRlg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwA-j1wikk

Credits

• Sound production: Bart Hallmark
• Music: from Handel's Water Music, courtesy of the United States Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra

Further listening

If you enjoyed listening to this episode, you might enjoy our episodes on creating word clouds and research posters. The respective links are here:

• https://thegreylitcafe.buzzsprout.com/1936705/10339609-wordclouds-a-neglected-form-of-grey-literature
• https://thegreylitcafe.buzzsprout.com/1936705/10507666-posters-as-a-form-of-research-communication

How Frontinus Ltd can help

Frontinus has extensive experience of helping organisations and their authors to write abstracts. Our services include writing, editing, and training. To discuss your needs and see how we add value, please contact us via our website: http://frontinus.org.uk/.

About the publisher

This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences.

We provide

• consultancy
• mentoring
• editing and writing
• training

and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).

To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.

Anthony Haynes writes: Welcome back to the Grey Lit Café for this, the first episode in our second season.

Engy Moussa and I begin the new season with an extended treatment of one specific form of grey literature, namely book proposals. We've decided to devote three episodes to this topic.

We begin with a consideration of why this topic falls into the category of grey literature.

We then outline four pitfalls that are very common and need to be avoided.


Further listening

If you enjoyed listening to this episode, you might enjoy listening to our episode on blogging.

About the publisher

This episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences.

We provide

• consultancy
• mentoring
• editing and writing
• training

and work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).

To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.

You can find out more about MSU Press at msupress.org and other fine booksellers. Catherine is on Twitter @catherine_msup and Caitlin is @ctredits. You can connect with the press on Facebook and @msupress on Twitter, where you can also find me @kurtmilb.

Resources mentioned in the episode include #ASKUP, the UP subject grid, Furnace and Fugue, located at https://furnaceandfugue.org/, and Cut Copy Paste located at https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/cut-copy-paste

The MSU Press podcast is a joint production of MSU Press and the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University. Thanks to the team at MSU Press for helping to produce this podcast. Our theme music is “Coffee” by Cambo. 

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere these days. The publishing industry is no exception. 

Clever use of AI could be the modern-day solution to the skyrocketing submissions. Join Nikesh Gosalia and Dr Marie Soulière as they discuss the ethical use of AI tools to maintain publication quality in journals. While AI can promote research integrity by identifying plagiarism and image manipulation, it needs to be strategically integrated into the journal workflow to improve efficiency without worsening the editor's workload. By drawing on specific strategies used by Frontiers' AI Review Assistant (AIRA), Nikesh and Dr Soulière cover the key points pertinent to AI tools in the world of publishing, such as fostering trust among users, incorporating feedback to improve accuracy, and keeping accountability with human editors. Dr Soulière also touches upon an increasingly relevant concern– sophisticated fraud due to excessive information sharing – and shares tips on keeping up with new AI developments in publishing.

Dr Marie Soulière is the Head of Publishing Projects with Frontiers. She has a PhD in Chemical and Computational Biology, 12 publications, and several presentation awards. With her 10 years as a manager in the publishing industry and position as COPE Council member, she is a well-established figure in open access publishing. She can be reached at LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-souliere/  

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Has a recent spate of article retractions got you concerned? Join host Nikesh Gosalia as he speaks to Dr Marie Soulière on the nitty-gritty of article retractions and research integrity. In this conversation, they explore the different perspectives to article retractions, alongside the implications of mass retractions, both financial and reputational, and the shifting taboos around retractions. Dr Soulière also shares a personal anecdote on the common pressure faced by academics worldwide – the pressure to publish – and how this ties in with producing ethical research. Finally, the discussion shifts to a key topic in the world of publishing – the use of tools to streamline publishing operations.

Dr Marie Soulière is the Head of Publishing Projects with Frontiers. She has a PhD in Chemical and Computational Biology, 12 publications, and several presentation awards. With her 10 years as a manager in the publishing industry and position as Elected COPE Council Member, she is a well-established figure in open access publishing. She can be reached at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-souliere/ 

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In this episode, Nikesh Gosalia talks to David Worlock, who started one of the first online publishing services in the mid-80s. David gives his take on how different access to information is today and how it will evolve in the near future. David calls this “The Digital Revolution”. He explains how AI will help obtain information, how metadata is a critical factor, and what role “nanopublishing” will play.

David Worlock is a Cambridge History graduate. He was CEO of the pioneer development of EUROLEX (1980–1985), the UK’s first online service for lawyers. In 2013, the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) honored him with the George Henderson Award for lifetime achievement for his work in publishing and information marketplaces. He can be reached at:

• Website: https://www.davidworlock.com/  
• Blog: https://www.davidworlock.com/category/blog/ 
• Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/dworlock 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidworlock/  

Insights Xchange is a fortnightly podcast brought to you by Cactus Communications (CACTUS). Follow us:

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• YouTube @CactusCommunications

In this episode, Nikesh Gosalia talks to David Worlock, who started one of the first online publishing services in the mid-80s. David gives his take on how different access to information is today and how it will evolve in the near future. David calls this “The Digital Revolution”. He explains how AI will help obtain information, how metadata is a critical factor, and what role “nanopublishing” will play.

David Worlock is a Cambridge History graduate. He was CEO of the pioneer development of EUROLEX (1980–1985), the UK’s first online service for lawyers. In 2013, the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) honored him with the George Henderson Award for lifetime achievement for his work in publishing and information marketplaces. He can be reached at:

• Website: https://www.davidworlock.com/  
• Blog: https://www.davidworlock.com/category/blog/ 
• Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/dworlock 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidworlock/  

Insights Xchange is a fortnightly podcast brought to you by Cactus Communications (CACTUS). Follow us:

• LinkedIn /cactus-communications
• Facebook /CactusCommunications
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• YouTube @CactusCommunications

**Who You will Hear**

Guest: Elizabeth Scarpelli (Director of University of Cincinnati Press)

Co-host: Luna Tang (Cloud Service Delivery Manager at Klopotek)

Co-host: Dwayne Parris (Senior Consultant at Klopotek)

In this episode, director of University of Cincinnati Press Elizabeth Scarpelli shares how the press has taken a unique path to publish by repositioning its relationship with the university, creating a new type of authorship, as well as making deep use of open access and innovative publishing methods.

The University of Cincinnati Press has kindly provided links to the two open-access books mentioned in this episode: Exploring the Architecture of Place in America’s Farmers Markets and Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati. You are welcome to read, review, and share. 

For more of their published works, please visit the website of University of Cincinnati Press, Manifold (their open access platform), Journals at UC, or subscribe to their monthly newsletter.

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In (New) Fascism, Dr. Lawtoo discusses the new forms of fascism haunting our contemporary political scene. He reads this new style of fascism and crowd psychology through the lens of mimetic theory and traces the genealogy of (new) fascism back to the three related mimetic concepts of contagion, community, and myth. These concepts were once central to the spread of fascism in Europe and are now proving central to the rise of new fascisms as well. As Dr. Lawtoo writes, “A protean figure ... is now occupying the leading role on the political stage, [one that] relies on ‘falseness,’ ‘simulation,’ ‘appearance,’ and ‘an excess of the capacity for all kinds of adaptations.’ In the process, [this (new) fascist] gives voice to hypernationalist, racist, and militaristic tendencies constitutive of the myth of greatness that is attainable for few, yet generates mass enthusiasm in the many as well.” 

Today we’re here to discuss the phenomenon of (new) fascism, what collision of narcissism and the madness of crowds brought us to this moment, and where we’re heading in the wake of an oppressive global pandemic. I’m excited to be joined for this discussion by Nidesh Lawtoo, who is Professor of English and Philosophy at KU Leuven in Belgium. Dr. Lawtoo received his PhD in Comparative Literature & Critical Theory from the University of Washington and his areas of specialization include modernism, postcolonial literature, film studies and Continental Philosophy with special focus on the theories of mimesis, imitation, and simulation. (New) Fascism: Contagion, Community, Myth is his most recent book with MSU Press, and it was published in our Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory Series.

(New) Fascism Contagion, Community, Myth, is available at msupress.org and other fine booksellers. As Dr. Lawtoo stated, the book is part of a larger project funded by the European Research Council titled Homo Mimeticus. You can learn more about that project at homomimeticus.eu, @hom_project on twitter, and on facebook at homprojecterc, and Professor Lawtoo is on twitter @nidesh.lawtoo. You can connect with the press on Facebook and @msupress on twitter, where you can also find me @kurtmilb.

The MSU Press podcast is a joint production of MSU Press and the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University. Thanks to Daniel Trego, Madiha Ghous, Donté Smith, Kylene Cave, and the team at MSU Press, especially Elise Jajuga and Julie Reaume, for helping to produce this podcast. Our theme music is “Coffee” by Cambo.