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The rise of the user
The scholarly publishing community will descend on the ExCeL Centre for a two-day event in December, writes Clive Snell
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ondon Info International will be held at London ExCeL Centre, on 6 and 7 December. This multi-faceted event will have at its heart a two-day streamed conference with high-level and influential keynotes, complimented by two conference streams dedicated to sharing, learning and making a real difference to those working in information. The overall aim of the conference is to create a platform for the information community to discuss, digest and influence the forces that are shaping the landscape.
Paul Blake and Vincent Cassidy, co- chairs of the London Info International Conference, have created the conference themes for this year’s event. Both Paul and Vincent have extensive career experience in the information world.
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In 2016, the ‘rise of the user’ sees millions of research professionals connected to each other and to content in a way that challenges the status quo. Deep structural trends are intensifying the strain on traditional information distribution models, creating opportunity and risk in equal measure. The growth of open access, driven by funding mandates and the sheer volume of research output, is putting pressure on long-standing channel and institutional relationships. There is also the threat of the ‘napsterisation’ of our industry as we face Sci-Hub and other darker sides to the culture of open science. Meanwhile shifts in technology, user behaviour, demographics and funding are leading to intriguing new challenges for information services – at a time when there is increasing demand to demonstrate value.
Making better choices and decisions
How do we navigate a path through this changing landscape? How can we harness the insight in our collective experiences? How can we make better choices and decisions? Our conference will attempt to answer these questions by bringing together a broad range
of voices and opinions across our industry – to learn from one another, share insight and discuss approaches to managing change. The key themes for the conference are:
l The rise of the user – how traditional scientific discourse is being transformed by the social world;
l Information everywhere – strategies for reaching the mobile worker;
l Open Access, open science and the rights struggle – whose content is it anyway?
‘Our community is helping to create a unique and special event by submitting speaker proposals’
l Managing change in a fast moving world – optimising information delivery through shifts in technology, user behaviour and funding;
l Big data goes real time – deriving value from large, fast-changing data sets;
l Universities as publishers – a library- inspired ‘counter revolution’;
l Big platform publishing – making sense of the tech industry’s move into the publishing business;
l Demonstrating value – how analytics can @researchinfo
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