History

SSP was formed in 1978 to serve the broad scholarly publishing community through activities fostering information exchange, education, and networking. These rich resources made possible by SSP’s leadership and members have taken place at annual meetings, workshops, top management roundtables, seminars, webinars, focus groups, and other formats. These convenings of people involved in scholarly publishing have taken place on the East Coast, West Coast, and cities in the center of the United States – wherever there are professionals involved in the field.

An overview of these activities since 1978 provides a fascinating record of the community’s rapid embrace of new technology over the years. This section of the SSP website is being developed to provide a comprehensive look at those changes and to record the transition of leadership, articles that have been written about its formation, and other information of importance tracing the history – not only of SSP but also of scholarly publishing over the past few decades.