PSP Seminars
PSP/EIC Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing - Spring Semester
In Person - AAP Offices/71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets), New York, NY or
Via Webinar
12:00-1:30pm
The PSP Electronic Information Committee (EIC) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing. The programs are targeted to staff new to electronic publishing and address the transition underway from print to the electronic side of scholarly and professional publishing.
The spring semester dates and topics are:
Tuesday, April 10th — 12:00-1:30pm
ORCID: a Unique Solution to a Scholarly Problem Set
Tuesday, May 15th — 12:00-1:30pm
Emerging Content Strategies In A Connected And Converging Media Landscape
Wednesday, June 20th — 12:00-1:30pm
Creating Engaging Learning Experiences
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Webinar: Digital Piracy Briefing
May 16, 2012
11:30am-12:30pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing industry has been a forerunner in the transition from print to digital publication. While digital delivery provides new enhancements and services to customers, it also makes scholarly publications increasingly vulnerable to online piracy.
Join us for the Digital Piracy Briefing — a webinar designed to provide you with an overview of issues relating to piracy, both domestic and international, with a specific focus on addressing online piracy.
PSP Professional, Scholarly & Academic Books:
The Basic Boot Camp
Friday, May 18, 2012
9:00am-5:00pm
AAP Offices
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
If you have less than three years’ experience with professional, scholarly, and academic book publishing this course will provide an overview of the industry. Or, if you have spent most of your career working in one aspect of PSP publishing and want to learn about other PSP job functions, you should attend.
PSP Webinar: New British Library Cross Border Licensed Document Delivery Service
The PSP Executive Council recently endorsed a new cross-border licensed document delivery service for educational uses developed in a collaboration between publishers and the British Library. Introduction of this service represents a step forward in cooperation between publishers and librarians to provide cost-effective access to scholarly articles used for educational and research purposes.
PSP Upcoming Guest Speakers (Free of Charge):
PSP Books Committee
The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speaker Rick Bowes on accessibility issues at their next meeting on Friday, May 11th from 12:30-1:30pm at the AAP/NY offices.
Digital formats are rapidly becoming the preferred vehicles for delivering intellectual property. E-books are proliferating, and the Internet is the go-to place for all sorts of information — whether accessed online or downloaded. For those living with disabilities, the expanding amount of information that is, in a practical sense, available in digital formats is a two-edged sword. Often the technology presents barriers that prevent them from having the kind of timely access that their non-disabled peers take for granted.
Essentially an “Accessibility 100” for PSP publishers, this presentation will examine the various accessibility drivers at work in the marketplace and then provide time for a free form time for questions and reflections on both were things stand today and where they may be headed from a variety of perspectives.
PSP Journals Committee
The PSP Journals Committee will be hearing from guest speaker Chris Burghardt, Vice President of Product & Market Strategy for Scientific and Scholarly Research (SSR) at Thomson Reuters at their next meeting on Thursday, May 17th from 12:00-1:00pm at the AAP/NY offices.
Mr. Burghardt, will be providing an overview of Thomson Reuters with particular emphasis on the Scientific & Scholarly Research business. The presentation will outline the new Thomson Reuters IP & Science structure which focuses on the innovation lifecycle including primary research, research and development and intellectual property. Thomson Reuters develops a variety of solutions that impact discovery and impact measurement that will be of interest to PSP members. Chris will provide an update on recent product developments at SSR and will share market insights regarding dynamics that are changing how researchers are accessing, sharing, and publishing content.
The guest speaker talks are free of charge but you will need to sign up as space is limited. You can sign up to hear the talk in-person or via webinar. If you or a colleague would like to attend the talk please contact Sara Pinto at spinto@publishers.org.
Archive of Events:
PSP 2012 Annual Conference
Prospering with Digital: Making Investments Pay
February 1-3, 2012
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC
Conference Program
Selected Presentations:
The Development of Public Access Policies for Publications and Data
Moderator:
H. Frederick Dylla, Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Physics
Speakers:
Thomas Statler, Program Director, Division of Astonomical Sciences, National Science Foundation
Walter Warnick, Director, US Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information