STM Annual Spring Conference 2011

play Introduction – Sense about Science: Debating Peer Review
David A. Ruth
Elsevier David A. Ruth is Senior Vice President, Global Communications for Elsevier, where he is responsible for public relations, internal communications, the corporate internet, issue advocacy, corporate responsibility and philanthropic programs worldwide.     He also oversees the Elsevier Foundation, which funds programs to promote access to scientific and medical information in the developing world, expand the participation of women in science, and enhance professional education in nursing.

play Making sense of science and evidence
Tracey Brown
Managing Director, Sense About Science Tracey Brown has been the Director of Sense About Science since shortly after it was established in 2002. Sense About Science is a UK charitable trust that equips people to make sense of science and evidence on issues that matter to society. With a network of over 4,000 scientists, Sense About Science works with scientific bodies, research publishers, policy makers, the public and the media, to lead public discussions about science and evidence. The Sense About Science growing Voice of Young Science network engages hundreds of early career researchers in public debates about science. Through award-winning public campaigns, it shares the tools of scientific thinking and the peer review process. In 2010 The Times named Tracey as one of the ten most influential figures in science policy in Britain “for running powerful campaigns on libel reform and independent scientific advice”. Tracey is a trustee of Centre of the Cell and MATTER. In 2009 she became a commissioner for the UK Drugs Policy Commission. She sits on the Outreach Committee of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 2009 was made a Friend of the College.

play Panel and plenary discussion – Sense about Science
Tracey Brown (Facilitator)
Managing Director, Sense About Science Panelists:

play Analysis: Insights and Trends in the Global STM Market
David Bousfield, Ph.D.
Vice President & Lead Analyst, Outsell UK Ltd In this talk, Bousfield will review some of the key qualitative and quantitative trends impacting on the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing industry. Despite the intense budgetary pressure on traditional STMS markets, there are many opportunities for growth created by technology and the changing shape of the global economy.

play A Society Publisher’s Future Perspective
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Senior Vice President, American College of Cardiology

play A Knovel Way to Build Revenue Streams
Meagan Cooke
Director of Content Strategy, Knovel Knovel partners with more than 70 authoritative publishers and societies to ensure that engineers have fast, convenient access to trusted content. Knovel adds value to content through interactive tools and search capabilities, and ultimately offers partners a new revenue stream and market for their content. More than 90% of Knovel’s customers renew their subscriptions annually. Learn about Knovel’s business model and the evolution of the pay wall.

play Research Library Futures
Rick Anderson
Associate Director for Scholarly Resources & Collections, University of Utah Anderson will present a summary and discussion of the ARL report ‘Envisioning Research Library Futures 2030.’ This scenario-based
planning document is designed to help research libraries position themselves
for any of multiple possible contingencies in the near-to-midrange future,
and offers fascinating (and perhaps troubling) insights into some of those
likely scenarios.

play Reinventing Collection Development for a Digital Age: On-Demand and On-the-Go
Michael Levine-Clark
Collections Librarian, Penrose Library, University of Denver The library of 2030 should be a very different place than today. No longer a warehouse for little-used print volumes, the library will focus instead on providing services and spaces for students and scholars – an emphasis we already see in library renovations, but not in the way we build collections. Though digital technologies have transformed the way that libraries provide access to information, libraries and publishers have not yet taken advantage of the possibilities offered by this new environment to make necessary changes in the way that collections are developed. This talk will suggest ways in which libraries and publishers must work together to develop new delivery mechanisms and business models for management of scholarly research collections. Short-term loans, demand-driven acquisition, and disaggregation of journal content should all be options for libraries as they build 21st-century collections.

play A Post Doc & Scholarly Research now and the future
Frank L. Hammond III, Ph.D
Harvard University School of Engineering & Applied Science Frank’s talk will highlight the importance of institutional libraries to the conduct of research in physical sciences and engineering by describing the use of library resources throughout the duration of a typical research project. His talk will also provide insights into how academic researchers are changing their publication trends in response to the evolving methods and growing costs of library access, and will discuss what engineering researchers think are critical capabilities for libraries of the future. 

play Current and future challenges in China: What’s an STM publisher to do?
Steve Miron
Senior Vice President, STM & Scholarly Division, John Wiley & Sons Over the past decade China has emerged an an increasingly important market for international STM publishers and as a vital source of scientific and scholarly content. However, continuing market access restrictions, IP protection issues, calls for Open Access, intense competition among international STM publishers for market share in China and the growing global aspirations of Chinese STM publishers are all contributing to an increasingly complex business landscape. In this session, we will examine current and future challenges and opportunities in China and attempt to answer the question, ‘What’s an STM publisher to do?