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2001 Annual Meeting

Pre-Meeting Workshops

Wednesday June 6, 2001

The Totally Digital Workflow

Speaker:
  • Joan Comstock, Sales Director, Cadmus Professional Communications

From manuscript submission to distribution online…. What would it be like to automate your publishing tracking system, from beginning to end? What are the stages involved? How can you do it all online? How would you plan for such implementation? This half-day seminar will present the possibilities and will stimulate you to think through your own needs and goals. Topics will include: The benefits of an online tracking system; Automating and streamlining peer review, editorial/production tracking, and sending files to online information aggregators; Encouraging authors to submit manuscripts online; File formats needed at various stages (EPS, TIFF, XML, PDF); Getting better control of your processing system; Sending files in various formats to several online aggregators with minimal effort – and at various points within the production process; Archiving your digital assets Set your vision for the future of your operation, and learn how much of it can be done now.

The Early Word on Pre-publishing Journal Manuscripts

Speakers:
  • Kent Anderson, NEJM
  • Nancy Rodnan, FASEB
  • Barbara Gordon, JBC
  • John Grinnell, Cadmus Professional Communications

One of the most radical and complicated changes in STM publishing has been the emergence of content published online outside of print distribution cycles. Creating logical citation schemes, correcting errors, generating versions, managing author and reader perceptions, and integrating with the print product demand careful planning. This session will bring together a number of pioneers in this area with real experience building and handling large-scale, sustainable early-online publishing operations. The panel will discuss citations, author/reader perceptions, risks and benefits, technical considerations, procedural effects, and integrating such practices with print.

 

Building a Digital Archiving Strategy

Speakers:
  • Vicky Reich, Assistant Director and Digital Librarian, High Wire Press
  • Atul Goel, Vice President of Technology, Cadmus Professional Communications

From manuscript submission to distribution online…. What would it be like to automate your publishing tracking system, from beginning to end? What are the stages involved? How can you do it all online? How would you plan for such implementation? This half-day seminar will present the possibilities and will stimulate you to think through your own needs and goals. Topics will include: The benefits of an online tracking system; Automating and streamlining peer review, editorial/production tracking, and sending files to online information aggregators; Encouraging authors to submit manuscripts online; File formats needed at various stages (EPS, TIFF, XML, PDF); Getting better control of your processing system; Sending files in various formats to several online aggregators with minimal effort – and at various points within the production process; Archiving your digital assets Set your vision for the future of your operation, and learn how much of it can be done now.

 

Knowledge Environments

 Speaker:
  • Bill Witscher, Associate Director, High Wire Press

Fast…easy…complete. Customers have always looked for resources that provide quick, accessible, reliable information. And if it was stored all in the same place, all the better. In the past, textbooks and journal subscriptions were the source for in-depth coverage of a subject. In today’s electronic world, information portals or knowledge environments have become an attractive alternative. What are the critical factors in designing a successful paperless subject collection? This half-day seminar focuses on what makes a knowledge environment work well and how to develop the plans to be a success. Starting an online collection: is it right for all subject areas? Is it right for you?; Knowing when to launch the site; Deciding what processes should and can be done in-house and what should be out-sourced; Determining who are the key people that need to be involved and at what stage; Identifying the key ingredients for success; Understanding the impact of the online knowledge environment on traditional publishing in that discipline; Creating a realistic business plan. Presenters will share their first-hand knowledge and experience, illustrating, through case studies, what has worked and what to avoid.