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A periodic alerting service leading you to information relevant to the professional and scholarly publishing industry
No. 5, October 15, 2008
Table of Contents
1. What’s New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
3. Other Programs of Interest
4. New Job Postings
5. Suggested Reading
1. What’s New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites
New on the PSP web site
The Public Issues Task Force has continued to update and improve the PSP Issues Glossary to connect today's issues facing PSP members and the environment in which we operate. The Glossary, a reference guide for the perplexed, is available to PSP members through the PSP web site. It contains issues and buzzwords, and descriptive entries for organizations and entities that are "players" in the arena -- those who are important in the world of professional and scholarly publishing. View the Glossary at http://www.pspcentral.org/gloss/glossWelcome.cfm.
New on the AAP Web Site
As part of the AAP's Diversity Recruit & Retain initiative, our committee comprised of human resources professionals have developed a new video featured on the home page of the AAP's bookjobs.com web site, communicating the enriching experience book publishing provides recent college graduates, the wide range of young professionals with diverse backgrounds the industry recruits, and the full range of positions available within the industry, from editorial, to publicity, to online marketing and audio! Take a look at www.bookjobs.com.
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speaker, Anne Orens
Thursday, November 20, 2008
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
Ms. Orens, Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Tizra will discuss the latest players, the platforms and the devices in the digital book landscape.
If you or a colleague would like to attend or call in to hear Ms. Orens contact Sara Firestone at sfirestone@publishers.org. Seating is limited and on a first-come first-served basis.
The Basic Books Boot Camp
Friday, November 14, 2008
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
McGraw-Hill Offices
One Prudential Plaza
130 E. Randolph Street, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60601
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.
Seminar Information: http://www.publishers.org/main/Conferences/BooksBootCampInformation.htm
Registration Form: http://www.publishers.org/main/Conferences/documents/RegistrationForm_004.doc
Program: http://www.publishers.org/main/Conferences/BootCampProgram.htm
Citation Analysis & Evaluating Research Performance
The Impact Factor, h-index and Beyond
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
The seminar will focus on the various metrics that are used in citation analysis and look at how the data derived in this process influence decisions throughout the research cycle. In today’s world where the competition for research funding is intense, with great demand for quick, relevant information, more and more people involved in research and scholarly communication are using bibliographic measurements – or bibliometrics – to assess research quality and monitor research trends. Find out how the tools used in this field of study can play a strategic role in your work.
Seminar Information: http://www.pspcentral.org/CitationAnalysisInformation.cfm
Registration Form: http://publishers.org/main/Conferences/documents/CitationRegForm.doc
Focus on the User: Localization, Customization, Personalization
PSP 2009 Annual Conference
February 4-6, 2009
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC
Conference Information: http://www.pspcentral.org/events2/PSP2009AnnualConference.cfm
Registration Form: http://www.pspcentral.org/documents/RegistrationForm.doc
3. Other Programs of Interest
The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering its Fall Seminar Series in November.
All seminars will be held in Washington, DC, at the ASAE Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
- Managing the Editorial and Production Processes: New Challenges, New Solutions, November 18, 2008
- Choosing an Electronic Hosting Platform, November 19, 2008
- E-Journal Publishing: A Critical Review of Emerging Standards & Practices, November 19, 2008
- The International Continuum . . ., November 20, 2008
- Why Can’t Licensing Scholarly Content Be Simple?, November 20, 2008
https://www.sspnet.org/Events/Meetings_and_Seminars/2008_Fall_Seminars/spage.aspx
4. New Job Postings
- Elsevier’s, Science & Technology Division has an opening for an Academic&Government Products Group – Director of Strategic Planning. Elsevier is also seeking a Senior Product Manager for ScienceDirect based in NYC and a Product Sales Manager who will be home based in California.
- The American Associate for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are currently looking for a Director of Marketing located in their Washington, DC office
- The Oncologist, The International Peer-Reviewed Journal for the Practicing Hematologist/Oncologist, and the official journal of the Society for Translational Oncology (STO), is looking for an experienced CME professional to serve as Journal CME Manager for The Oncologist CME Online program. This position is located in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill.
Visit http://www.pspcentral.org/jobOpenings/jobsOpenFrame.cfm to view these and other exciting career opportunities
5. Suggested Reading (Please note: some links may require passwords)
Web Sites Worth Visiting
Springer Science+Business Media has reached an agreement to acquire BioMed Central Group, the leading global open access publisher.
http://www.springer-sbm.com/index.php?id=291&backPID=132&L=0&tx_tnc_news=4970&cHash=b5a2aa41d8
Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050201
Articles of Interest
Portending a Universal Digital Library, HathiTrust Launches Ambitious Repository
Library Journal – 10/14/08
In what may be the library community’s most ambitious digital collaboration so far, some two-dozen large research libraries this week announced the launch of a single, shared repository of digital collections, including scanned books, articles, special collections, and a range of “born digital” materials.
In Win for Publishers, 'Textbook Torrents' Piracy Site Shuts Down for Good
Chronicle of Higher Education – 10/14/2008
A popular online directory of pirated textbooks for download has closed shop for good, despite a recent taunt from its founder that he would continue to operate in defiance of threats of legal action by publishers.
Announcing the launch of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
GenoMicron Blog – 10/14/2008
Membership in OASPA is open to both scholar publishers and professional publishing organizations, including university presses and for profit and non-profit organizations.=
ALPSP scholarly publishing practice survey on long-term digital preservation now available online
Knowledge speak – 10/14/08
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the international trade association for scholarly and professional publishers, recently undertook a survey of its members to enhance awareness of long-term digital preservation issues and to establish the nature and extent of strategies that they have planned.
Open access day: PLoS and SPARC release new 'voices of open access' video series
Eurek Alert – 10/13/08
San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC – A new video series presents six unique perspectives on the importance of Open Access to research across the higher education community and beyond.
U.S. claims win in WTO piracy case versus China
Reuters – 10/09/08
The United States has won two out of its three claims in a landmark case against China's copyright and trademark protection regime, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday, contradicting other trade sources who said China won the bulk of the ruling.
Publish and be wrong
Economist – 10/09/08
One group of researchers thinks headline-grabbing scientific reports are the most likely to turn out to be wrong.
Give me an 'E'
Information World Review – 10/08/08
Academic publishing has embraced the e-journal, and the prospects for e-books also look promising
Textbook Marketing, Radiohead Style
Chronicle of Higher Ed – 10/08/08
Imagine using a textbook free all semester—and then ponying up what, if anything, you thought it was worth. Noel Capon, a professor of marketing at Columbia Business School, has decided to try out that model with his latest textbook, Managing Marketing in the 21st Century.
Open Access or Faux Access?
Insider Higher Ed – 10/07/08
The announcement starts off by calling the new policy of the American Anthropological Association “a groundbreaking move” that would provide “greater access for the global social science and anthropological communities to 86 years of classic, historic research articles.”
UT to offer free e-textbooks in the spring
Austin American Statesman – 10/04/2008
During the first frantic days of school this Fall semester, Marc Jalandoon left the University of Texas Co-op Bookstore with a backpack full of textbooks and a wallet $584 lighter.
Company's Lawsuit Over Free Scholarly Organization Tool Generates Buzz
Wired Campus Chronicle of Higher Ed – 10/03/08
Plenty of education bloggers are up in arms this week over Thomson Reuters Inc.‘s lawsuit against George Mason University over the university’s free software tool designed to make scholars’ lives easier.
2 New Digital Models Promise Academic Publishing for Profit
Chronicle of Higher Ed – 10/02/08
Scholarly publishers are well aware that more and more readers and libraries want to get hold of monographs in electronic form. The trick has been how to deliver content digitally without going out of business.
Free Our Libraries, Cry University Presidents
Chronicle of Higher Ed – 10/02/08
Presidents of major universities want more library materials distributed online, without prohibitive charges.
What Professors Want From Editors and Peer Reviewers
Inside Higher Ed – 10/02/08
Lynn Worsham, editor of JAC, a quarterly journal of rhetoric, writing, culture, and politics, recently wrote a helpful essay offering suggestions to professors to help them navigate the peer review process and have articles published in their field.
US Congress Hastens Through Flurry Of IP Legislation Before Departure
IP Watch – 10.01.08
In the waning days of this congressional session in the United States, US lawmakers are passing a flurry of intellectual property-related bills.
Libel Tourist, Orphan Works Bills Approved
PW – 09/30/08
While the defeat of the $700 billion bail out package by the House of Representatives drew worldwide headlines, Congress did manage to pass two bills supported by most segments of the publishing community, although it was unclear if either would be signed into law during the current Congressional session.
Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion
The New York Times – 09/29/2008
Print Reprints By JOHN SCHWARTZ 2008-09-30 03:13:50 Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion
US bill to combat 'libel tourists'
The bookseller – 09/30/2008
The Association of American Publishers cheered the passage of legislation by the US House of Representatives late Saturday that would make it harder for libel tourists to threaten American authors and publishers with foreign libel suits aimed at undermining their First Amendment rights, reports Europe News.
DoJ Opposes Controversial Copyright Bill, Calling One Provision Unconstitutional
LibraryJournal.com – 09/25/2008
Lawyers object to civil suits Bill could pass before Congress adjourns. Opposed by librarians , copyright experts, tech industry Go back to the Academic Newswire for more stories The Department of Justice (DoJ) this week voiced strong opposition to the Senate version of the PRO IP Act, a controversial copyright bill that would greatly expand enforcement and penalties for copyright infringement.
PLoS ONE is launched by the Public Library of Science
Bio-Medicine – 09/25/2008
Until now online scientific journals have been little more than elect...PLoS has taken a close look at the way scientific and medical publishi...Harold Varmus Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of PLoS and President.
Search Inside the Google Book With the Google Book Search Preview Wizard
Information Today – 09/29/2008, 10:12 am
Over the last few years, the greatest new source of online web content is the book. Digitization projects, led by the epic Google Book Search.
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PSP Contributing Staff:
Sara Firestone, Director
Kate Kolendo, Project Manager
John Tagler, Executive Director