Concurrent 2B – The Journal of the Future

As far as on-line journals have come in the past 10 years, scholarly publishers have only scratched the surface of what is possible. Prepare to have your horizons expanded as our panel looks forward to the next 5 years in electronic journal developments. They will discuss the ways publishers will continue to play a role in transforming the scholarly communications process. The session will focus on three major areas. First, how will workflow improvements make a difference? Second, what types of user functionality can we offer to improve researchers’ experience beyond the paper model, including navigation, browsing, and search? Finally, will emerging technologies such as blogs, wikis, and RSS change the way research is distributed?