Who keeps the catalog of MCP connectors? Scholarly publishing faces a discovery problem
_akpiper · x · 2026-10-28
An essay in The Scholarly Kitchen examines the coming MCP discovery problem in scholarly publishing. Silverchair launched a six-month Research Bridge pilot (Oct 5) letting AI assistants reach content from Royal Society Publishing, AACR, and RSC, following similar MCP moves from Discovery Bridge, Article Galaxy, Clarivate Nexus Connect, and Wiley. The author argues libraries — not publishers or platforms — should treat MCP connectors like catalogs: tracking, organizing, and tying them to institutional entitlements, since every new connector adds to the tracking burden. The payoff: shifting AI-assisted research from access to comprehension.
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