Technological changes are accelerating social changes in the scholarly publishing landscape. There has been significant consolidation among publishers through horizontal and vertical integration. Relationships between authors, readers, publishers, and librarians have shifted with the rise of content aggregators and library vendors that now provide aggregated content and library management systems. Major companies like Thomson Reuters and Elsevier have expanded into research administration services. Startups are also emerging to create new models for scholarly communication through open solutions. The landscape continues to transform dramatically and it is unclear what relationships and models may emerge by 2030.

1. Signs of a Changing Landscape
How the Pieces Fit Together
NISO Webinar on Consolidation
Judy Luther
March 8, 2017

2. Technological change drives social change,
and the impact of these changes is
accelerating exponentially.
Dr. John Moravec
Founder of Education Futures
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3. CONSOLIDATION
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4. Relationships in 2000 – Print + Electronic
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Author Reader
Publisher Librarian
Vendors

5. Horizontal Consolidation
From “Heads of Houses” Publishing Corporations
Academic Press
Butterworth-Heinemann
Cell Press
Churchill Livingstone
Harcourt
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Mosby
Pergamon Press
Saunders
CONTENT
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6. Relationships in 2010 – Electronic [+ Print]
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Author Reader
Publisher Librarian
Content
Aggregators
Consortia

7. Where Have All the Vendors Gone……..
Subscription Agents
EBSCO Subscription Services
Faxon
Swets
Harrassowitz
Casalini Libri
Association of Subscription
Agents
Book Vendors
Blackwell’s
Coutts
YBP
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8. Vertical Integration
• Books
– NetLibrary
• Book Vendor
– YBP
• IMLS
– Folio
• Books
– Ebrary & EBL
• Book Vendor
– Coutts & MyiLibrary
• IMLS
– ExLibris
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CONTENT & SYSTEMS

9. Relationships in 2020
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Author Reader
Aggregated
Content
Library
Vendors
Systems

10. TRANSFORMATION
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11. Vertical Integration
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[Publisher]
[Publishing
Partner for
Societies]
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/

12. Thomson Reuters >> Clarivate Analytics
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Web of Knowledge
Citation Indexes
Impact Factor

13. Expanding the Audience – Research Admin
• Clarivate –
– Manage complex research teams and projects in a unified
flow.
• Elsevier –
– Facilitates an evidence-based approach to your institution’s
research and collaboration strategies, assessment exercises
and day-to-day business decisions.
• Symplectic –
– Capture, analyse and showcase research with the world’s
leading Research Information Management System (RIMS)
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14. START-UPS
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15. From Transition to Transformation
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The Collaborative Knowledge Foundation’s mission is to
evolve how knowledge is created, produced and reported.
CKF envisions a new research communication ecosystem that
gives rise to wholly unique channels for research output.
CKF is building open source solutions in scholarly knowledge
production that foster collaboration, integrity and speed.
CKF was founded in October 2015 and is supported by the
Shuttleworth and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundations

16. Digital Science
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SERVES INSTITUTIONS, PUBLISHERS, RESEARCHERS

17. …..More……and More…..
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Matches researchers with relevant grants
Cloud based executable research platform

18. Relationships in 2030 ?
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Author Reader
The Future ?

19. Judy Luther
Informed Strategies LLC
Judy.luther@informedstrategies.com
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