Toward New Economies of Information Access

June 2-4, 2004
San Francisco, CA

Scholarly publishers today face a rapidly shifting socio-economic and technological climate. SSP’s 26th annual meeting, “Toward New Economies of Information Access,” features a program rich in coverage of the major transitional trends in scholarly communication. These include changes in researcher behavior, in business models, in discovery tools, in how information gets disseminated and preserved, and even in who serves as publisher.

So come to San Francisco for lively conversation and new insights from leading thinkers and commentators in the broader research information arena. Whether you are a publisher, librarian, or vendor, you will also benefit from numerous opportunities to network with your colleagues – during breaks in the Exhibitor Marketplace, a newmember breakfast, breakfast roundtable discussions, luncheons, and a California wine-tasting reception.

Pre-Meeting Seminars - Wednesday, June 2, 2004

XML Essentials for Decision Makers

Moderator: Barry Bealer, ^bio President and CEO, Really Strategies, Inc.

Speaker:
Lisa Bos, ^bio Vice President and Chief Architect, Really Strategies, Inc.
Dale Waldt, ^bio President and Sr. Consultant, aXtive Minds, Inc.

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) implementation often requires balancing enterprise and departmental business objectives and implies the development of an approach for strategic and tactical technology adoption. To support effective XML implementation planning, this seminar provides an overview of XML and related standards and technology and the business case that justifies them. XML syntax, case studies, development projects, tools, and business processes will be described in business terms. The goals and opportunities of an XML project and the business benefits of the resulting system will be explored. Also included is information modeling, essential DTD syntax, concepts, and design principles for effective implementation

 

Managing Change in Publishing Environments: Tips, Tools, and Resources for Successful Transitions

Managers:
Lois Smith, ^bio Communications Director, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Eileen Kiley, ^bio Manager, Archival Publications, Materials Research Society

Moderator: Gordon Tibbetts, III, ^bio President, Blackwell Publishing, Inc., US

Speakers:
Barbara Meyers, ^bio President, Meyers Consulting Services
Frank J. Stumpf, Jr., ^bio President and COO, SPI Publisher Services
Jabin White, ^bio Executive Director of Electronic Production, Elsevier

“WHAT NEXT??!?!!” Keeping up with the ever-changing scholarly publishing environment is enough to drive anyone crazy. Adopting new technologies, upgrading existing ones, building big new products, and coping with internal changes caused by reorganization and mergers stress everybody out, regardless of their level. No matter how large or small your organization, change-related stress can undermine your success if it’s not managed properly. Using case studies, three publishing veterans talk about practical ways to deal with the people side of change. Their lessons learned will help you steer clear of pitfalls in your own organization while providing tools and resources to cope with change successfully.

 

Pricing Electronic Journals: Nonprofit and Commercial Lessons Shared

Managers:
Lori Barber, ^bio Client Development Manager, ScholarOne, Inc.
Heather Joseph, ^bio President and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne

Moderator: Lori Barber, ^bio Client Development Manager, ScholarOne, Inc.

Speakers:
John Cox, ^bio Managing Director, John Cox Associates Ltd.
Jennifer Fleet, ^bio Production and Marketing Manager, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Heather Joseph, ^bio President and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne
Aileen McHugh, ^bio Director of Electronic Publishing, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Blaise Simqu, ^bio Executive Vice President, Higher Education Group, Sage Publications

You know your content is too valuable to put a price tag on— yet publishing is a business, so that is exactly what we all must do. Commercial or not-for-profit single-title publisher or aggregator, we all wrestle with similar issues: How do we place a dollar value on our electronic content? Do we tie the price to the print product or cut the tie completely? Does one price fit all, or should smaller institutions pay less? How can usage fit into the picture? Should it fit in all? Speakers representing a wide spectrum of publishers will share their experiences on these pressing questions, and more.

 

After the Data: Using the Latest Publishing Technology Applications

Moderator: Anne Orens, ^bio Director, New Business Development, Ingenta, Inc.

Speaker:
Ann Michael, ^bio Executive Director, Electronic Strategy and Product Development, Wolters Kluwer Health
John Muenning, ^bio Electronic Manuscripts Coordinator, University of Chicago Press
John Shaw, ^bio Production Systems Manager, Sage U.S.
David Sidman, ^bio Founder and CEO, Content Directions, Inc.

It’s easy to get lost in the maze of technology applications being used throughout the entire publishing process. These technologies are being increasingly applied to areas such as author content creation, peer review, production, print and web delivery, and—most significantly—how content users access and interact with the content, and how you communicate with both customers and business partners. This in-depth seminar is intended to demystify the process of choosing your application tools while avoiding the pitfalls encountered by many of your colleagues and still realizing the full and long-awaited cost savings and business benefits you require.

 

Libraries, Licenses, Institutional Budgets, and Consortia: What’s a Publisher To Do?

Manager: Mady Tissenbaum,^bio General Manager, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Moderator: October Ivins,^bio Consultant, Digital Access and Content Solutions

Speakers:
Rick Burke, ^bio Executive Director of SCELC, the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium
Carol James, ^bio Resource Access Administrator, Genentech Library
James Mouw, ^bio Acquisitions Librarian and Electronic Resources Officer, University of Chicago Library
John Tagler, ^bio Vice President, Account Development and Channel Marketing, Elsevier Science
Will Wakeling, ^bio Associate Dean for Collections and Technical Services, Northeastern University Library

Whether they account for 10% or 80% of your sales or circulation, libraries are important, and they are being buffeted by forces beyond their control (and yours!). Listen and learn as librarians tell you what works for them and what turns them off. What drives their purchasing decisions, and how can you influence those decisions? If your new product is just what they need, how can you communicate that to them? Is price the major determinant of purchase, or does service count too? When they talk, do you listen?

 

Linking on Steroids

Leaders:
Greg Fagan, ^bio Editorial Manager, AccessMedicine, McGraw-Hill
Frank Stumpf, Jr., ^bio President and COO, SPI Publisher Services

Speakers:
Stephen Cohen, ^bio IEEE Publications
Péter Jacsó,^bio Professor, Department of Information and Computer Science, University of Hawaii
Chuck Koscher, ^bio Director of Technology, CrossRef

One of the truly remarkable benefits of the World Wide Web, from its origin, is its inherent capability to link together information from myriad sources. But are the tools and technologies available appropriately taking full advantage of this capability? Clearly, there are tremendous benefits for researchers and the producers and consumers of information. Similarly, there are tremendous opportunities for publishers, librarians, aggregators, and others to add value to the process. Where are we today with this critical opportunity, and where are we headed? This seminar features some entertaining and knowledgeable speakers who will help us understand some of the relevant technologies and provide useful insights into how the linking phenomenon is affecting the researcher, the librarian, the publisher, and new players who are engaging in the process to add value.

 

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Thursday, June 3, 2004

Fidelity to Purpose: Scholarly Publishing in the Digital Age

Moderator: Carol Meyer, ^bio Principal, Maxwell Publishing Consultants

Speakers:
Don Hemenway, Electronic Media Manager, American Academy for the Advancement of Science
Robert Paulis, ^bio Director of Electronic Products, SAGE Publications

Eric Pepper, ^bio Director of Publications, SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering

Now that online journals are a reality, what should publishers look for in an online host? Customers of the major online journal hosting platforms discuss the services offered, their production processes, performance benchmarks, integrating online production into print processes, deciding between an integrated provider or separate providers, cultural issues, and other critical success factors in managing effective electronic products.

 

Open Access Business Models and the Future of Scholarly Publishing: Research and Case Studies

Moderator: Barbara Meyers,^bio President, Meyers Consulting Services

Speakers:
Dr. John Hoey, ^bio Editor, Canadian Medical Association Journal
Andrea Horgan, Managing Editor, Specialist Journals, BMJ Publishing Group
Christine Lamb,^bio Senior Analyst, Shore Communications

Open access journals provide free access to some or all of their research articles. In this session we will examine the key drivers of the open access movement and hear from publishers who have first-hand experience with open access publishing models. Speakers will present an overview of open access models with strategies for publishers, and representatives from the Canadian Medical Association and the British Medical Journal will review their decisions and results with open access journals, where they are now, and what they see in their crystal ball for the future.

 

It's Not Just an STM World: Online Publishing Innovations in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Moderator: Bill Silberg, ^bio Vice President, Communications and Publishing, The Commonwealth Fund

Speakers:
Aaron Edlin, Professor of Law and Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Janice Kuta, Sr. Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, Classical International Inc.
Aileen McHugh, ^bio Director of Electronic Publishing, Johns Hopkins University Press
Rebecca Simon, ^bio Assistant Director for Journals Publishing, University of California Press

Innovations in online STM publishing have been a topic of detailed discussion at SSP meetings for years, and we’ve learned a great deal about how different publishers are addressing their challenges in this complex market. But scholarly publishing isn’t limited to the STM arena. So what are our colleagues in the social sciences, arts and humanities doing, and what might we learn from them (and they from each other)? This session will bring together several leaders in online publishing in social sciences, history and music for a compelling look at what these diverse scholarly communities are looking for online and how our panelists are helping to meet those needs.

 

Researching Researchers: What User Studies Tell Us

Moderator: Bill Kasdorf, ^bio President, Impressions Book and Journal Services

Speaker: Dr. Carol Tenopir, Professor and Interim Director, Center for Information Studies, School of Information Sciences, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee

Carol Tenopir has put a microscope to researchers over the last decade, telling us a great deal about the way they locate, use and value scholarly information in both print and electronic forms and among different disciplines. In this plenary session, Dr. Tenopir will discuss her recent review of hundreds of research studies for a report to the Council on Library and Information Resources, in addition to many of her own user studies (most often with Donald W. King). She will focus on research results that have practical implications. Understanding our users more helps publishers, editors, and librarians better design products and services to meet the needs and preferences of their users.

 

Searching Proprietary Scholarly Content

Moderator: Péter Jacsó, ^bio Professor, Department of Information and Computer Science, University of Hawaii

Speakers:
Anurag Archarya, Principal Software Engineer, Google
Judy Luther, President, Informed Strategies
Ammy Vogtlander, ^bio Scirus Project Manager, Elsevier Science

This session explores the current state of online search and discovery tools, as we move beyond the limitation of metadata search and single-publisher search domains. Speakers in this session will discuss the latest developments in search tools for authoritative published content, including multi-publisher search, full-text search, interdisciplinary search, and federated search systems.

 

Electronic Journal Use, Users, and Usage

Moderator: Michael Mabe,^bio Director, Academic Relations, Elsevier Science

Speakers:
Ian Rowlands, CIBER, City University, UK
Peter Shepherd, Director, Project COUNTER

This session will provide an overview of current research and understanding of the use of electronic journal literature, standards necessary for log-file analysis, and the emerging picture of patterns of user behavior.

 

Staying Competitive in an Electronic World: New Business and Licensing Models for Scholarly Publishers

Moderator: Edward Colleran, ^bio Director, Publisher Relations, Copyright Clearance Center

Speakers:
Cara Kaufman,^bio Partner, Kaufman Wills Group LLC
Sally Morris, ^bio Chief Executive, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

The electronic age has presented both opportunities and challenges for publishers of scholarly material. One challenge which consistently rises to the top is how scholarly publishers can remain competitive while offering convenient access to their content. This session will examine unique licensing models that have allowed publishers to join forces to meet the needs of their constituencies.

 

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Friday, June 4th, 2004

Subject Browsing: The World Is Not Just Search (Data Visualization, Taxonomies, Finding Related Articles, etc.)

Moderator: Richard Newman, ^bio Associate Director, HighWire Press, Stanford University

Speakers:
Gabriel (Gabe) Alvaro, Information Systems Manager, University of California Press
Bonnie Chi-Lum, ^bio Online Publisher, American Medical Association
Michael Clarke,^bio Senior Managing Editor, Division of Medical Journals and Professional Periodicals, American Academy of Pediatrics
Heather Goodell, ^bio Manager of Editorial Services, American Heart Association Scientific Publishing
Wayne Manos, ^bio E-Commerce Director, AIP Publishing Services

For many readers, their total experience and tool set for finding information is a white search box and a linear ranked list of results. This session will explore visualization techniques to organize and display subject domain knowledge. The goal is to move scholars beyond the simple white box and actively assist their quest for information and, ultimately, knowledge. The speakers will discuss data visualization, taxonomies, related article techniques, topic and self-organizing maps, etc.

 

eBook Distribution Options for Publishers and Libraries: The Host with the Most

Moderator: Rick Lugg, ^bio Partner, R2 Consulting

Speaker: Susan Pastore, Director of Library Relations, Kluwer Academic

As the technology for sale and secure lending of individual eBook titles has become a reality, and as public and academic libraries build eBook collections, a variety of hosting, distribution and licensing options have hit the market. In some cases, the publisher hosts the content and offers access by subscription. In some cases, an eBook aggregator offers for sale the works of many publishers. Some libraries and consortia advocate hosting eBooks themselves. To own or to subscribe? To host or not to host? Join us as we provide a broad overview of the market, then explore these options in detail with a publisher, an eBook aggregator, and a librarian.

 

University Libraries: The New Players in Scholarly Publishing

Moderator: Eric Van de Velde, ^bio Director of Library Information Technology, California Institute of Technology Libraries

Speakers:
Maria Bonn, ^bio Director, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Catherine Candee, ^bio Director of Scholarly Communication Initiatives, California Digital Library
Teresa Ehling, Director of Electronic Publishing, Cornell University Library

This session will highlight the different approaches academic libraries have taken to being content providers in the digital age, ranging from partnering with print publishers to provide an online presence to creating digital institutional repositories. Representatives from California Digital Library, Cornell University Library, and University of Michigan Library will discuss the electronic publishing programs at their respective institutions.

 

My Favorite Publisher Website(s) – or How To Make Your Site a Winner!

Moderator: Audrey D. Melkin, ^bio Director of Business Development, Atypon Systems, Inc.

Speaker:
Suzanne Calpestri, ^bio The John H. Rowe Librarian and Director, The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library, University of California, Berkeley
James Mouw, ^bio Acquisitions Librarian, Electronic Resources Officer, The University of Chicago Library
Christina Norman, ^bio Research Director, EPIC
Felicia Poe, ^bio Service Design Analyst, California Digital Library - Addendum 1, Addendum 2

Have you ever wondered what bells and whistles your website needs to be a winner? A panel of librarians and researchers speak from the hip about what they like and what they don’t in publisher websites. Their remarks will focus on features and functionalities of the sites with an emphasis on ease of access, searching, web-page design, and the quality of the interface for the retrieval of scholarly information, whether from journals or books.

 

Digital Preservation and You: What Can You Do Now?

Moderator: Martha Anderson, Project Manager for Digital Initiatives, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress

Speakers:
Patricia Cruse, Director, Digital Preservation, California Digital Library
Eileen Gifford Fenton, ^bio Executive Director, Electronic Archiving Initiative, JSTOR
John A. Kunze - California Digital Library
Vicky Reich, ^bio Director, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries

It is often stated that the preservation of a digital resource begins at the time of its creation. Decisions and actions applied at each phase of the digital resource’s life cycle influence the conditions for its successful preservation. Preservation is not a product but rather a process that involves all who play a role in the creation, distribution, and management of digital content. The panelists will examine the digital preservation roles represented in their programs; discuss the significant preservation relationships between authors, publishers, libraries and archives; and highlight the current challenges to sustaining digital resources. Attendees of the session will be invited to consider the roles they and their organizations play in the life cycle management and preservation of digital content.

 

Researcher Perspectives on Publishing

Moderator: Robert Simoni, PhD, Deputy Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University

Speakers:
Trudy Forte, ^bio PhD, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Richard Havel, MD, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco

Alternative perspectives on publishing will be given by speakers who are closely involved in the peer review process and are administrators in institutions of research, the font for scientific publishing. Dr. Richard J. Havel will speak from the administrator’s perspective about the effect of publishing on tenure decisions. Dr. Forte will discuss, from the perspective of an Editor-in-Chief, how recent advances in technology have transformed the peer review process, and how that may affect the future of scientific publications. The moderator, Dr. Robert Simoni is an expert who has been at the forefront of technological innovation in scientific publishing.

 

Publish, Perish, or (Micro) Payments

Speaker: Dr. Kurt Huang, Founder and CEO, BitPass

 

Open Access Debate: Toward a New Economy of Information Access?

Moderator: Christine Lamb,^bio Senior Analyst, Shore Communications

Introductions: Heather Joseph, ^bio President and COO, BioOne

Speakers:
Dr. Michael Eisen, Founder, Public Library of Science
John Ewing, ^bio Executive Director/Publisher, American Mathematical Society
Peter Givler, Executive Director, Association of American University Presses
David Perlman, Science Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle
Bernard Rous, ^bio Deputy Director of Publications, Association of Computing Machinery

Panelists will address the question: In the long run, will free and open access to scholarly publications online benefit authors/researchers and the reading public? Don’t miss cogent arguments by scholars, publishers, association executives, and the media about important issues such as the role of peer review; copyright protection for authors and publishers; open repositories and open access journals; and the long-term effects on the publishing industry. Advance your thinking beyond pro or con and take home a new perspective.