Getting Authors and Publishers on the Same Page

From open access initiatives to investment in AI and visual communications, the publishing community is reshaping how scholarly research outputs are prepared, published, and disseminated. However, many authors remain hesitant to commit to industry changes or are unaware of the benefits associated with new publishing avenues and tools, highlighting the breakdown between industry goals and author interests and needs. Bringing together industry professionals and researchers, this panel will reveal the primary questions that drive author uncertainties around innovation in the international publishing community. Speakers will share knowledge gained from successful and ongoing efforts regarding the creation and implementation of author-focused initiatives, in addition to challenges and solutions. This session will be an open conversation welcoming audience participation. Topics discussed will educate the scholarly community on both sides of the editorial desk: industry professionals and authors will share their perspectives to increase transparency and inclusivity throughout the global scholarly community. || Learning Level: Mixed-Learning || Speakers: Anne Gering; Avriel Licciardi; Christopher Hollister; Luke Barrett; Shaun Marcott

SSP Annual Meeting Session Learning Level

Mixed-Learning

Publication Date

2022 | Jun 02

44th Annual Meeting (2022)

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“Building a More Connected Scholarly Community” The last 19+ months have been a fascinating contradiction, making us feel both painfully disconnected and also perhaps more bonded than ever before. How can we take the strengths we already possessed as a community, fold in lessons learned during the pandemic, and aim for being an even stronger, broader, and more connected community? Our Annual Meeting brings together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, and countless others with a communal interest and stake in the dissemination of scholarly information. We look forward to the 44th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to reconnect and to connect anew.

Anne Gering

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Publishing Editor, RTI Press, RTI International

Avriel Licciardi

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Research Communications Strategist, Accdon

Dr. Avriel Licciardi is currently Research Communications Strategist at Accdon, an author and publisher support provider. Avriel provides project management and creative direction for several core editorial and visual communication services. Through author-focused content development, international outreach and open education initiatives, Avriel helps authors improve the ways their research is communicated. Her interests include open science, author education, and multimedia publishing.

Christopher Hollister

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University of Buffalo, Head of Scholarly Communication

Christopher Hollister is the Head of Scholarly Communication with the University at Buffalo Libraries. In that role, he advances initiatives related to scholarly publishing, open access, and open education. A longtime advocate and activist for transforming the current system of scholarly communication into an open one, Chris is co-founder and co-editor of the awarding winning open access journal, Communications in Information Literacy. He also teaches the Scholarly Communication and International Librarianship courses for the University’s Department of Information Science. His current research interests include scholarly publishing and open educational practices.

Luke Barrett

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Head of Content Development, Hindawi

Luke Barrett is the Head of Content Development at Hindawi, where he leads the company’s approach to content development, acquisition and augmentation. He focuses on enhancing the usability, understanding and growth of Hindawi’s library of content across its portfolio of journals. Since joining the company in 2018, he has implemented a new Special Issues strategy leading to a marked improvement in the efficiency and success of the programme. He also leads Hindawi’s partnership with science social networking site ResearchGate, which enables both the syndication of Hindawi’s content and the development of innovative marketing approaches on ResearchGate’s platform. Luke is passionate about the role of Open Science and collaboration in Hindawi’s content programmes, which he sees as vital for fulfilling the company’s mission to maximise the impact of the global research community.

Shaun Marcott

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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience

Dr. Shaun Marcott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geoscience at University of Wisconsin-Madison whose work is focused in the broad fields of paleoclimatology, glacial geology, geochemistry, and geochronology. His professional interests span a broad range of geological and climatological questions that typically encompass the last 150,000 years. He is an Earth Scientist, which is reflected in his broad research interests and education in geology, oceanography, and mathematics. He and his research group focus their efforts on developing new approaches to long standing problems in geochronology and paleoclimatology, and spend a considerable amount of time split between their geochemical lab and conducting geologic field work.

Shaun Marcott

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