Publish or Perish? The Future of Academic Publishing and Careers
UC Davis
Student Community Center
Multipurpose Room
PUBLISH OR PERISH? THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING AND CAREERS
Scholarly publishing is in a bit of turmoil. This upheaval impacts not only the dissemination of knowledge but also the assessment of scholars (and thus their careers). For two days in February 2014 at UC Davis we will cover some of the key changes in scholarly publishing with a focus on how they impact the careers of academics. Some key details of the meeting are summarized below:
* Sessions topics will focus on changes occurring in scholarly publishing (in journal publishing, other forms of digital publishing, peer review, and economics of publishing) and on changes in assessment (alt metrics, assessment by institutions, and new models for evaluating scholars).
* Each session of the meeting will include a mix of a keynote talk, short talks, and a panel discussion by leading experts in the field. Ample time will be provided for discussions and networking as well.
* In addition, at the end of Day 1 there will be a special Keynote talk by Yochai Benkler from Harvard University on “Open Access, Cooperation, and Commons: The (Uncertain) Retreat of Possessive Individualism in Networked Society,” followed by a reception.
* This meeting is organized by the UC Davis Innovating Communication in Scholarship (ICIS) Project, which is a collaboration between Mario Biagioli (UC Davis School of Law), Mackenzie Smith (University Librarian, UC Davis) and Jonathan Eisen (UC Davis Genome Center). The project is funded by UC Davis IFHA (Interdisciplinary Frontiers in the Humanities and the Arts) Program, with additional support from UCD’s Center for Science and Innovation Studies, the Mellon Digital Cultures Initiative, the Provost Forum on the Future of the Public University, and the School of Law.
Session Topics and Confirmed Speakers/Panel Participants
FEBRUARY 13, 2014 – Student Community Center, Multipurpose Room (2nd floor).
The changing nature of the journal
* John R. Inglis, CSHL Press and BioRXiv
* Chris Kelty, UCLA
* Gregory Gordon, SSRN
New forms of digital publishing
* Carly Strasser, California Digital Library
* Eric Kansa, Alexandria Archive Institute & Open Context
Innovations in peer review
* Victoria Stoden, Stanford University
* Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch & Medpage Today
* Emily Ford, Portland State University
Keynote talk (jointly hosted by the UC Davis Provost’s Forum on the Future of the Public University)
* Yochai Benkler, Harvard University “Open Access, Cooperation, and Commons: The (Uncertain) Retreat of Possessive Individualism in Networked Society”
Reception and Social
FEBRUARY 14, 2014 Student Community Center, Multipurpose Room (2nd floor)
Keynote talk
* Diane Harley, CSHE & UC Berkeley
Changing economics of publishing
* Greg Tananbaum, ScholarNext
* Peter Binfield, PeerJ
* Alison Fish, UC Davis
Metrics for assessing scholars and scholarship
* Molly McCarthy, UC Davis Humanities Institute
* Nettie Lagace, NISO
* Kay Thaney, Mozilla Science Foundation
* Anurag Acharya, Google Scholar
Assessment by institutions
* Sarah Greene, Rapid Science
* Mary Maxon, LBNL
* Kim Shauman, UC Davis
* Linda Katehi, Chancellor of UC Davis
