Published: Wednesday 15th May 2019
From the Cutting Edge Report: Fiesole Retreat, 3-5 April 2019 Anthony Watkinson reports on the 21st Fiesole Retreat. This was the twenty-first retreat of a conference founded by the late Mario Casalini of the eponymous company and Katina Strauch of the Charleston Conference. It moves round attractive venues in Europe and Asia but every few…
Published: Thursday 18th April 2019
Announcement Michael Mabe to retire from STM on 31 October 2019 After thirteen and a half years as CEO, Michael Mabe will retire from STM on 31 October 2019 at the conclusion of the organisation’s 50th birthday year. Over his tenure the organisation has become a truly international body, with a doubling of its…
Published: Wednesday 20th March 2019
From the Cutting Edge Report: Academic Publishing in Europe (APE), Berlin, 15-16 January Anthony Watkinson reports on the 14th annual APE meeting. Anthony Watkinson (anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com), Principal Consultant CIBER Research and Honorary Lecturer University College London This year was the 14th meeting of APE. It remains the best place for book and journal publishers to find out what…
Published: Monday 11th February 2019
From the Cutting Edge Report: 2018 STM Week, 4 – 6 December Anthony Watkinson reports on the 2018 STM Week events:’Processes, Products and People in Publishing’ Anthony Watkinson (anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com), Principal Consultant CIBER Research and Honorary Lecturer University College London Once again, STM selected the first week in December, for their annual series of seminars under the banner of…
Published: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Association News Have you visited STM’s 50th Anniversary Site? Discover a wealth of information celebrating 50 years of STM. If you are yet to visit STM’s 50th Anniversary site, it offers a wealth of information celebrating STM’s past and present, as well as some insights into what promises to be an equally exciting future: Watch our anniversary…
Published: Tuesday 27th February 2018
CEO Column 2018 – Year of the Earth Dog As we transition from the Chinese Lunar Year of the Fire Rooster to that of the Earth Dog, Michael Mabe highlights a number of issues that surfaced in 2017 and advises that almost all of them will continue for 2018. I started writing this column at…
Published: Tuesday 6th June 2017
From the Cutting Edge The 2017 Open Scholarship Initiative Meeting Refreshingly thoughtful and civilised debate characterised this event, but it remains to be seen whether OSI’s aim to generate an improved research information distribution ecology via a ten year period of collaboration among all stakeholders will deliver on its bold ambition. Richard Gedye, STM Director…
Published: Monday 6th February 2017
From the Cutting Edge Report – Academic Publishing in Europe, 16-18 January 2017 Anthony Watkinson reports on the 2017 APE meeting, the theme of which was ‘Doing the Right Thing – Doing Things Right’. Anthony Watkinson (anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com), Principal Consultant CIBER Research and Honorary Lecturer University College London This was the twelfth APE meeting under the benevolent auspices of Arnoud…