New Structures, New Texts:  A Summit on the Library and the Press as Partners in the Enterprise of Scholarly Publishing – June 5, 2007

Agenda

• 9:00-9:30        Welcome/Introductions/Coffee
  • Catherine Mitchell, Manager, Publishing Services, California Digital Library

• 9:30-10:15      New Responsibilities

            What roles should the University play in fostering and transforming scholarly communication?  How do libraries and presses fit into this model right now?  Where are we headed?

• Introduction by Dan Greenstein, Associate Vice Provost for Scholarly Information, University of California
• Facilitated by Catherine Mitchell

•  10:15-10:30    Break

• 10:30-12:00    New “Texts”

What kinds of publishing needs and requirements do we see emerging within the networked scholarly research environment?  How are these needs extensions of the existing publishing infrastructure and where do we see the necessity of new kinds of services and roles?  How do we distinguish, among these emerging “texts,” those that warrant significant institutional support and infrastructure development?  By discipline?  By audience?  By degree of current publishing crisis?

• Introduction and case study by Catherine Candee, Director of Strategic Publishing Initiatives, California Digital Library and Lynne Withey, Director, University of California Press
• Facilitated by Karla Hahn, Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication, Association of Research Libraries
• Short case studies from participants

• 12:00 – 1:00    Lunch (on-site)

• 1:00-2:15        New Structures

The Library and the Press:  Partners by necessity or by design?  How might new collaborative publishing models best respond to shifts in needs and requirements?  How can we best manage the logistical challenges of these partnerships?

• Introduction and case study by Maria Bonn, Director, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan and Phil Pochoda, Director, University of Michigan Press
• Facilitated by Mike Furlough, Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communications, Penn State
• Short case studies from participants

• 2:15-2:30        Break

• 2:30-4:00        New Economics

What kinds of economic models need to emerge to support this new world of scholarly publishing? How do the economics of this field intersect with larger policy issues like tenure, peer review, institutional mission, etc?  Where does open access fit in?  How might we identify/establish new or alternative funding sources?

• Introduction and case studies by Terry Ehling, Director, Center for Innovative Publishing, Cornell University; Michael Jensen, Director of Publishing Technologies, The National Academies Press and Kate Wittenberg, Director, EPIC, Columbia University
• Facilitated by Maria Bonn

• 4:00-4:30        Continuing the Conversation

Modes of communication:  blog/wiki, listserv, publications?  Future meetings?

• Facilitated by Catherine Mitchell