Formally adopted in 2015, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are fast approaching their 2030 end date. To recruit the publishing industry, the UN introduced the SDG Publishers Compact in 2020, an open agreement that encourages stakeholders to adopt sustainable business strategies and publish content in support of the goals. In this four-part series, we discuss the publishing industry’s contributions to the SDGs, and how Springer Nature became a key advocate, choosing to align its editorial strategy, business outlook, and internal organization with the goals.
In the first episode of this series, Ritu Dhand chats about her role at Springer Nature as Chief Scientific Officer, sharing her work in supporting the editors of Springer Nature’s portfolio of more than 3,000 journals. She then provides a refresher on how the SDGs originated and the objectives of the SDG Publishers Compact. In addition, Ritu discusses the key collaborators who are advancing Springer Nature’s SDG work internally and the scale at which its publishing operation supports the effort.
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Supporting the Global South and Inclusive Science
Predatory Publishing Red Flags and Cabells’s Evaluative Criteria
Springer Nature’s Editorial and Publication Strategies for the SDGs
Predatory Journal Tactics and Scholarly Communication Pain Points
Defining Predatory Journals and What’s at Stake
How AI Will (and Won’t) Impact Library Work
The Epilogue, Cats, and the Future of Comics Studies
On the Ground Realities of Librarian Skill Development
Connecting Personal Experience with Scholarship
Current Challenges and Developments in Librarian Skill-Building
Discussing the Themes and Formats in the Book On Comics and Grief
Librarian Skills Landscape Report and Overview
Outlining the “Big, Big Tent” of Comics Studies
Digital Preservation and Whole Ebook Lending at Purdue
Evaluating Resource Licenses, Negotiations, and AI Clauses
Navigating Vendor Platforms and the E-Resources Ecosystem
The Current Landscape of Digital Collections and Access
The Contemporary Leonard Cohen: Secular Sainthood, the Archives, and boygenius
The Contemporary Leonard Cohen: Reappraisal and Criticism in Canada and Abroad
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