The Scholarly Publishing Ecosystem: Changes and Opportunities
Open Access Week Panel Discussion
The Scholarly Publishing Ecosystem: Changes and Opportunities
Tuesday, October 22
3:30 – 5:00 pm with reception following
Regenstein Library Rm 122
High profit margins, funder’s mandates, pay to publish models, Elsevier cancellations, predatory journals. The scholarly publishing ecosystem is a topic of much debate as it faces unprecedented changes. How do we understand these changes, the forces at play, and how we can ensure sustainable models that support long-term access to scholarship?
As part of Open Access Week 2019, The Board of the Library is sponsoring a panel discussion to explore the challenges facing the university as cost continue to rise, and how changing incentives and publication practices affect faculty and students.
Our distinguished panel will look at the changing scholarly publishing ecosystem from a variety of perspectives including:
- serving as an editor
- promotion and tenure
- navigating APC costs
- library purchasing
- choosing to publish open access.
Panelists
Mark Webster, Moderator
Chair of the Board of the Library
Associate Professor, Geophysical Sciences
Brenda Johnson
University Librarian
Samuel G. Armato
Associate Professor of Radiology
Jane Dailey
Associate Professor of American History
Melina Hale
Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives
William Rainey Harper Professor, Organismal Biology and Anatomy
James Heckman
The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics
Cathy Pfister
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution