The following post contains the introductory remarks from Barbara Meyers Ford duringing a session at the 2018 Annual Meeting discussing past presidents and founders of SSP. The Society for Scholarly Publishing came into being because 3 options of communicating about innovations in publishing were either waning or about to disappear entirely. One was that AAP’s... Continue Reading →
SSP Co-Founder Fred Spilhaus honored at Annual Meeting
During the Awards Luncheon at SSP's 40th Annual Meeting, Barbara Meyers Ford, herself a co-founder of the organization, honored departed co-founder Fred Spilhaus. The content of her remarks on May 31, 2018 are included below. Fred Spilhaus was more than one of the founders, he was a silent supporter of SSP in more ways than... Continue Reading →
2018 Annual Meeting: SSP@40 Photo Booth
Hundreds helped "Paint the Town Red" and celebrate SSP's 40th Anniversary at a gala event last week in Chicago at the Navy Pier's Lakeview Terrace, complete with music, food and fireworks. Celebrating the big 4 - 0 in a grand fashion SSP members met, drank, danced, and posed for plenty of photos using the event's official... Continue Reading →
#notfuturecrock! Looking back at SSP ’85 Chicago hype
As we run up to what is looking to be an epic annual meeting in Chicago, we thought we’d look back at other ways SSP meetings in Chicago were positioned. Oh, if only there was Twitter in the mid 80s, #notfuturecrock would surely have its moment. Taken from an earlier talk by Maureen Mitchell, the... Continue Reading →
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