...Laura Bowering Mullen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the Society for Scholarly Publishing's 30th Annual Meeting Design/methodology/approach Conference report Findings The meeting was an informative and welcoming event for any librarian interested in finding out what...

.... Findings Scientific publishing directions are changing the environmental landscapes of science and academic research libraries as well as in how scientists are conducting their work in all disciplines and communicating and collaborating with each other. The increasingly more complex and global...

... review of the main themes of the conference: Public access; New tools and services, Metrics; and Economics, Bridging the gap. Findings Scientific publishing directions are changing the environmental landscapes of science and academic research libraries as well as in how scientists are conducting...

...Julia Gelfand Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight sessions and themes of the annual Society of Scholarly Publishing conference. Design/methodology/approach Conference report Building on Technology 2.0 and Library 2.0, this theme was on Scholarly Communication 2.0 and even though...

... Publishing Limited 2007 I find myself thinking a lot about personalization of the web and use of Web 2.0 (bookmarklets, tagging, communities of interest, blogging, mashups) to create new spaces with personal content and interests. Also, searching and using video as a reference tool is gathering...

... about changes in grey literature. Originality/value –New applications are shared, deeper understandings about power of Internet and electronic publishing and collection intensities. The Ninth International Conference will take place 10‐11 December 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium with the theme, “Grey...

... of the conference. Findings –The second ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communications aims to provide attendees continuing professional education on scholarly communications issues, publishing models, strategies for encouraging advocacy programs, copyright, and author's rights issues. The workshop combined...

...Julia Gelfand Purpose To introduce one of the leading publishers today in information technology content provision and learn what issues he lays at night pondering. Design/methodology/approach Interview method. Findings Confirmation that the scholarly publishing industry is very...

...Julia Gelfand Reports on the 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair. Provides some information on exhibitors, subject groups and other topics about the world’s largest trade show for the publishing industry. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Trade fairs Publishing Libraries Librarians...

...Julia Gelfand The author gives an overview of the annual meeting of the Society of Scholarly Publishing and outlines the highlights of some of the sessions, including the keynote addresses on how the law and technology can affect scholarly publishing in the digital age, and research on how...