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- 1. Researcher to Reader 15-16 February 2016 BMA House, London Wi-Fi: Name: “Visitor” Password: “Roll on Spring” Twitter: #R2RConf
- 2. Summary & Closing Mark Carden, Conference Director Managing Consultant, Mosaic Search & Selection
- 5. Summary • It’s all a bit of a mess • It used to be simple • But now it is complicated
- 6. Summary • It’s all a bit of a mess • We have broken the old system without establishing what the new system is and how it should work. • We got it wrong [in 2005 and 2011]: Gold OA has not developed as much as we expected. • How do we get out of this mess? • We need to approach these questions in aa careful and mindful way? • There is advocacy without evidence. • Biggest legacy of Finch is that most publishers implemented the hybrid model.
- 7. Welcome & Introduction • The Delegates
- 8. What does everybody want? • Researchers / Authors • Readers • Institutions • Libraries • Reviewers • Funders / Regulators • Politicians
- 9. What does everybody want? • Researchers / Authors • be left alone • do research • get promoted and get tenure • publish with prestige, impact and brand • do no admin • make easy choices • follow no rules • read stuff without friction • be read without friction
- 10. What does everybody want? • Readers • free, or…. • cheap or…. • really expensive, as long as someone else is paying • easy discovery • easy UI • absolutely no ‘serendipity’ • don’t think about ‘you get what you pay for’
- 11. What does everybody want? • Institutions • not be in trouble with regulators and funders • look good in league tables • not get into arguments with faculty • not spend any money
- 12. What does everybody want? • Institutions • there are not ‘7 stages’ of the publishing lifecycle
- 13. What does everybody want? • Institutions • there are not ‘7 stages’ of the publishing lifecycle • it isn’t pronounced ‘owl’ and it doesn’t rhyme with towel • there is uprOAr and grOAns about this hOAry old topic
- 14. What does everybody want? • Institutions
- 15. What does everybody want? • Libraries • the good old days • manageable journal subscriptions • free stuff! (OA) • expensive subscriptions that justified ERM • to be publishers (maybe?) • to be the office of research (maybe?) • to be the repository (maybe?) • to manage APCs (maybe?) • don’t think about ‘you get what you pay for’ • the good old days
- 16. What does everybody want? • Politicians • free public access to publicly-funded research • free public access to publicly-funded aircraft carriers • free public access to publicly-funded housing • free stuff to give away
- 17. What does everybody want? • Funders & Regulators RCUK – Green & Gold | HEFCE – Green only | COAF – Gold only
- 18. What does everybody want? • Funders & Regulators • be confusing • be bossy • mandate output medium • mandate copyright rules • become publishers???
- 19. What does everybody want? • Publishers • give huge piles of cash to shareholders • be evil
- 20. What does everybody want? • Publishers • not have their business model destroyed • get some recognition for the work that goes on • get some money to pay the salaries • realise brand value • attract paying authors • attract paying subscribers • go on doing most of the 96 things they do • resist ‘Freemium’ at all costs
- 21. What does everybody want? • Publishers • OR… • break the mold • be a platform • or a mega-journal • focus on articles • forget issues • embrace continuous publishing • manage versioning • let the ‘market’ handle peer review
- 22. What does everybody want? • Reviewers • less copy-editing • openness and anonymity • slick processes and flexibility • fast turn-round and lax timetables • credit or points or money or something • familiar subjects to review harshly • unfamiliar subjects to review generously
- 23. What does everybody want? • Reviewers
- 24. What does everybody want? • Conference Organisers • have this debate continue violently and forever • have publishers and suppliers stay in business
- 25. Summary • It’s all a bit of a mess • It used to be simple • But now it is complicated
- 27. Closing • Thank You! • Delegates • Speakers • Panellists • Chairpersons • Committees • Sponsors • The ASA
- 28. Next Year • Should we do one next year? • If so, probably 20 & 21 February • Suggestions for Topics & Speakers • Volunteers for Planning Committee and Advisory Board • I need an Administrator! • Chris Banks • Sam Bruinsma • Laura Cox • Bernie Folan • Nawin Gupta • Rob Johnson • Phill Jones • Gabriella Karger • Peter Lawson
- 29. Next Year • Registrations October November JanuaryDecember Feb R2R 2016 Registrations Mark’s Blood Pressure
- 30. Next Year • Registrations in the past two weeks 5618 1
- 31. Closing • 2017 – Probably 20 & 21 February put the date in your calendars now! • That means registering on about 1 November • Please hand in both your Survey Responses at the door • See you at Scholarly Social Lord John Russell, 96 Marchmount Street • Thank you
- 32. Researcher to Reader 15-16 February 2016 BMA House, London