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A periodic alerting service leading you to information relevant to the professional and scholarly publishing industry
No. 13, March 10, 2009
Table of Contents
1. What’s New on the PSP Web Site
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
3. Other Programs of Interest
4. New Job Postings
5. Suggested Reading
6. Bulletin Board: People and Topics of Interest
–- Kent Anderson, New England Journal of Medicine, publishes first novel
1. What’s New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites?
New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites
Former Congressman Tom Allen to Head Association of American Publishers as Pat Schroeder Takes Her Leave
http://www.publishers.org/TomAllen.htm
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
Fundamentals of Copyright for Today’s Dynamic Publishing Environment - New York
(Sponsored jointly by the PSP & CCC)
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
11:00am-3:00pm
AAP Offices
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor (@15th Street)
New York, NY 10003-3004
This session provides an overview of fundamental copyright concepts, with a focus on concerns primary to the publishing industry in today’s dynamic, digital environment. This session is intended to provide participants with an understanding of basic copyright principles and enable them to begin to apply that learning to their daily activities
Course Information
Registration Form
Fundamentals of Copyright for Today’s Dynamic Publishing Environment - Washington, DC
(Sponsored jointly by the PSP & CCC)
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
11:00am-3:00pm
American Railroad Association Offices
50 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
This session provides an overview of fundamental copyright concepts, with a focus on concerns primary to the publishing industry in today’s dynamic, digital environment. This session is intended to provide participants with an understanding of basic copyright principles and enable them to begin to apply that learning to their daily activities
Course Information
Registration Form
Professional, Scholarly & Academic Books: The Basic Boot Camp
Friday, May 15th, 2009
9:30am-6:00pm
AAP Offices
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor (@15th Street)
New York, NY 10003-3004
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
Course Information
Registration Form
Books 2.x Seminar –
Making, Selling, Distributing, Discovering and Using E-Books
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
10:00am-4:00pm
AAP Offices
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor (@15th Street)
New York, NY 10003-3004
For the first time in the US, attendees are invited to a day-long seminar addressing the major issues – current and emerging – on the topic of eBooks for professional and scholarly / STM markets, presented jointly by the PSP Books Committee and the International Association of STM Publishers (STM).
Course Information
Registration Form
PSP Journals Boot Camp
September 23rd-26th, 2009
Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80202
The AAP/PSP Journals Boot Camp is an intensive four-day course on journals publishing offered every two years (on every odd calendar year) by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (AAP/PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers. The purpose of the boot camp is to expose participants to all aspects of journals publishing
Course Information
Registration Form
All details will be posted on the PSP website as they become available. For more information contact spinto@publishers.org
3. Other Programs of Interest
STM Spring Conference
What Keeps Scholarly Publishers Up at Night?
April 28th – 30th
Cambridge, MA
http://www.stm-assoc.org/training-education-full-list/stm-spring-conference-usa.html
Books Industry Study Group
Making Information Pay: Sixth Annual Conference
May 7th
New York
http://www.bisg.org/conferences/mip6.html
4. New Job Postings
- Thomson Reuters has an opening for an Account Manager, Custom List Sales. This position is responsible for producing significant revenue growth for existing Custom Sales products. Clients include publishers, list brokers and biotech companies. There is a heavy service component in managing client accounts. 30% domestic and international travel required
- FA Davis Company is seeking a Marketing Manager specializing in Chain Stores/Distributors. This position is responsible for identifying, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating promotional campaigns for all academic and trade distributors, bookstores, chains, and electronic partners.
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
***Recommended***
PEER (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research) will investigate the effects of large-scale, systematic depositing of authors’ final peer-reviewed manuscripts on reader access, author visibility and journal viability, as well as on the broader ecology of European research. The project is a collaboration between publishers, repositories and researchers and will last from 2008 to 2011.
http://www.peerproject.eu/
The Book Industry Study Group is conducting a survey on shifting sales channels and changing markets in preparation for its spring conference to be held on May 7, 2009. To participate in the survey please visit:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DOPy1cm3OgYKezh6GJc8TA_3d_3d
Articles of Interest
Critics Slam Pay-Per-View Research Bill
InformationWeek – 3/9/09
The news prompted increased opposition and calls for Conyers to withdraw HR 801. Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford Law School professor and founder of the Center for Internet and Society, is among those leading the opposition.
Staying Strong? Outsell Reports on “Big Three” STM Publishers
Library Journal – 3/9/09
Elsevier, Thomson Reuters 2008 revenues up, but 2009 uncertain.
John Conyers Tries [and Fails] to Explain His Opposition to Public ...
Huffington Post – 3/9/09
Michael Eisen writes . . . Lawrence Lessig and I have been writing about the link between publisher contributions to members of the House Judiciary Committee and their support for HR 801.
A Reply to Larry Lessig
Huffington Post – 3/6/09
John Conyers writes . . . The journals most likely to be affected may be non-profit, scientific society based journals. Once again, a policy change slipped through the appropriations process in the dark of night may enhance open access to information.
Law Librarians, Schools Propose Bold Move to Digital, Open Access Alternative
Library Journal – 3/6/09
In a broad call to action, more than 30 of the nation's law schools and law librarians have signed the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship.
Scholars Discuss Google’s Copy Rights and Wrongs
Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events
In 2005 the Authors Guild, Association of American Publishers and a group of independent authors and publishers filed a class-action lawsuit against the Web search entity.
The Internet's librarian
The Economist – 3/5/09
Brewster Kahle wants to create a free, online collection of human knowledge. It sounds impossibly idealistic—but he is making progress
Upping access to open access
Scientist, UK – 3/5/09
The university did try to soften the financial blow of publishing in BMC and other open access journals, however. The library set aside C$100000 ($77000) from its annual budget for an "open-access authors fund" to cover per-article author charges.
Publishers struggle to cope with open-access tide
Times Higher Education, UK – 3/5/09
But John Tagler, director of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers, said this was an overstatement. Most scholarly publishers give rights to authors to reuse the intellectual content they generate.
Bill would ban free publication of taxpayer funded research
OhMyGov!, DC – 3/5/09
The so-called “Fair Copyright in Research Works Act” (HR 801), would repeal the current National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy that requires government funded (ie taxpayer funded) research to be made available free of charge.
Lawrence Lessig on Open Access, Copyright and the nasty Conyers bill
ScienceBlogs – 3/3/09
If HR 801 is passed, the government can't even experiment with supporting publishing models that assure that the people who have paid for the research can actually access it. Instead, if Conyers has his way, we'll pay for the research twice.
Is John Conyers shilling for special interests?
Huffington Post – 3/3/09
When you sign, we'll email a phone number where you can call your members of Congress to ask them to oppose HR 801 -- the corrupt publishing industry bill. We'll also send John Conyers' number.
High Court to Hear 'Tasini' Appeal
PW – 3/3/09
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that overturned an $18 million settlement between freelance writers and organizations that used their works online.
Pirate Bay Day 11: trial ends, verdict awaited
Guardian UK – 3/3/09
Today, the defence lawyers summed up. It was a short trial and not a particularly merry one, but it could have far-reaching effects.
Free Model Hurts Science Journals
WSJ -- 3/2/09
H. Frederick Dylla, Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Physics, responds to WSJ 2/23/09 [see article below]. . .
Information Wants To Be Expensive
WSJ – 2/23/09
Information wants to be expensive: Newspapers need to act like they’re worth it.
Framing the Open Access Debate
The Scholarly Kitchen – 3/2/09
There is an expression in politics: “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.” This is not because politicians are daft. Messages need to be framed in a way that requires little or no explanation or interpretation. If messages are constructed right, they contain both the problem and the solution.
. . . and more in a related article
How the Media Frames “Open Access”
Journal of Electronic Publishing – 2/09
Framing has its roots in how journalists construct news in a way that makes sense to lay audiences. Frames capture the essence of an issue. They define what the problem is, and how to think about it. Often they suggest what should be done to remedy a problem
Publishers, Authors Weigh Merits of Scribd
Publishers Weekly – 3/2/09
Scribd is also on the radar of the Association of American Publishers. “Certainly we have no objection to new technologies to make it easier for people to access content that is legal,” said Edward McCoyd, AAP's director of digital policy.
Open Educational Resources (OER) and Libraries
InfoToday.com – 3/2/09
OER focus not only on textbooks, but also on full courses, course materials, modules, journals, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques that are critical in the learning environment. At the ALA Midwinter meeting
Institutional Repositories: Thinking Beyond the Box
Library Journal – 3/1/09
In February 2008, the faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University made history, unanimously passing a revolutionary open access mandate that, for the first time, would require faculty to give the university copies of their research, along with a nonexclusive license to distribute them electronically.
Library Organizations to File Amicus Brief in Google Book Search Settlement
LJ – 2/26/09
This may be the only formal voice libraries have in a settlement that could shape the market for access to books.
Publishing Conferences: The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age 2009
TSCT SP blog – 2/12/09
Whoosh. What a day: five sessions in a row at The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center next to the George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M. Overall, though, it was a good day.
6. Bulletin Board: People and Topics of Interest
Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery
Andrew Kent (better known in the scholarly publishing world as Kent Anderson) has published his first novel. Spam & Eggs: A Johnny DeNovo Mystery is available now through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, other online retailers, and through your local bookseller.
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PSP Contributing Staff:
Sara Pinto, Director
Kate Kolendo, Project Manager
John Tagler, Executive Director