Now Available: Video: Presentations From University of Chicago Library Symposium on the Changing Ecosystem of Scholarly Publishing
The 4th Biennial Kathleen A. Zar Symposium took place at the University of Chicago on May 1, 2015 and video recordings of presentations/panels were posted on YouTube earlier this week.
Seven videos are embedded below.
Introduction
New Modes of Publishing
Presentation by Garrett Kiely, University of Chicago Press
Presentation by Dan Morgan, Digital Science Publisher, University of California Press
Metrics, Measurements, and Rewards
Presentation by Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director at PLOS (Public Library of Science)*
Presentation by Christopher Erdmann, Head Librarian of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics John G. Wolbach Library
Funder-driven Trends
Presentation by Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Presenter Panel Discussion
Symposium Homepage
Session Abstracts
* Mr. Neylon is now at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University, Austrlia.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.