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The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American PublishersElectronic Information Committee (EIC) Presents…
Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing
Fall Semester
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
The PSP Electronic Information Committee (EIC) is introducing the second installment of the Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing
The programs are targeted to staff new to electronic publishing at member organizations and address the transition underway from print to the electronic side of scholarly and professional publishing.
The members of the EIC are affiliated with organizations that have a breadth of experience in digital innovation, cutting across many subject disciplines and publication formats. The Committee, which holds education as fundamental to its mission, feels that this program will reach out to engage new members of the PSP community and share some of the Committee members’ expertise and insights through a succession of programs dealing with different topics in electronic publishing.
To facilitate discussion and interaction, the number of attendees will be limited to 18, and participants will be asked to commit to the full series of four sessions. Participation will first be offered to individuals from organizations active in the EIC and Executive Council, and any remaining spots will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis to other PSP members. A small fee ($100 for each four-part series) will be charged to ensure commitment on the part of participants. PSP will provide a certificate to participants after completion of a series.
Each 90-minute session, focusing on an important current issue in electronic publishing, will offer a 45-minute presentation followed by a 45-minute Q&A with discussion. All sessions will run from 12:00 – 1:30 PM and a light lunch provided.
Monday, September 21st – 12:00-1:30pm
Case Study: Author Profiles and Publication Metrics
Bernard Rous, Deputy Dir., Publications, ACM
Bernie will continue from the spring series on the theme of metadata mark-up and explain how text mining may be used to complement it in an author profiling application presented as an evolving, value-adding feature of a Digital Library with interactive components.
Topics illustrated through the case study:
- Text mining
- Structured metadata and normalization
- 2.0 – interactivity, user-generated content, community engagement
- Transparency and Responsibility in display of Publication Metrics
- Usage statistics
- Power of Guided Navigation versus traditional Search in its use of structured metadata
Wednesday, October 21st – 12:00-1:30pm
Accessibility
Rick Bowes, Bowes & Associates & Natalie Hilzen, Director/Editor-in-Chief, AFB Press
This talk will introduce the class to accessibility issues in electronic publishing. The special requirements ofcontent preparation and web site design will be addressed, with concrete illustrations of what works and what does not.
- Accessibility and why should scholarly publishers care?
- Legal/federal accessibility mandates
- General principles of web site accessibility
- Accessibility considerations in producing and displaying electronic books, journals, and other material
Tuesday, November 10th – 12:00-1:30pm
Indexes -- Aggregated Content Online
Barbara Chen, Director of Bibliographic Information Services and Editor, MLA International Bibliography
Everyone has used online indexes in college to help them with their research papers. With search engines like Google, are databases still relevant to searchers? Where does the information come from? How are they created? What role, if any, do publishers play in their creation? How do indexes fit into the business of electronic publishing? Barbara Chen addresses these questions and more from the perspective of the MLA International Bibliography.
- Purpose of the index
- Taxonomies
- Aggregating materials
- Machine-aided vs. human indexing
- Electronic content vs. print publications
- Searching for information
Tuesday, December 15th – 12:00-1:30pm
Open Access and Institutional Repositories
Jack Ochs, VP, Strategic Planning & Development, American Chemical Society
Tony Sanfilippo, Marketing and Sales Director, Penn State Press
The final session of the seminar will take a step back from the specific case studies that precede it and address the grand challenge of Open Access in the era of electronic publishing. Tony will start by depicting the specific challenges that institutionally mandated Open Access presents his Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing. Jack will help in stimulating what promises to be a free-wheeling discussion by giving brief vignettes of thorny issues. All members of the EIC may wish to engage with the class in this final session.
- Open Access defined
- Institutional Repositories and Subject Repositories
- Copying and Copyright in Cyberspace
- Posting and Publishing
- Sustainable Publishing models
This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions for the panelists.