Scholarlyadjacent
Scholarlyadjacent is an informal adjective used to describe people, practices, or spaces that are closely connected to scholarly work without being central to it. The term is often applied in discussions of the broader ecosystem around academia, indicating proximity to research activities, scholarly communication, or institutional infrastructures without implying that the subject itself produces original scholarship.
The concept encompasses a range of roles and activities. Examples include librarians, archivists, editors of scholarly
Usage notes and limitations. Scholarlyadjacent signals proximity to the epistemic and infrastructural systems of academia while