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What Happens if Libraries Can’t Buy Ebooks?
Leo S. Lo writes that a shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-based models demands a strategic response.
Academic Publishers Braced for Slowdown as Trump DEI Purge Bites
Defunding of diversity-related research may deter American university libraries from buying titles in contentious topic areas, publishers fear.
USDA Cancels Hundreds of Journal Subscriptions
Publishers Embrace AI as Research Integrity Tool
The $19 billion academic publishing industry is adopting AI-powered tools to improve the quality of peer-reviewed research and speed up production. The latter goal yields “obvious financial benefit” for publishers, one expert said.
Intellectual Affairs (2005–2025)
In his final “Intellectual Affairs” column, Scott McLemee looks back at 20 years of writing about the world of scholarly books and ideas.
Peer Review Should Be a Dance, Not a Duel
Frank Argote-Freyre and Christopher M. Bellitto offer ideas to help authors avoid time-wasting situations.
‘Historians Should Be Everywhere’: Questions for the AHA’s Retiring Leader
Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.
AI and the Struggle for Control Over Research
For those feeling queasy about academic publishers’ AI deals, Günter Waibel and Dave Hansen argue the way forward is not more restrictive licenses—it’s open access.